Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin announced that her country intends to join NATO at the same time as Sweden, despite Turkey’s obstruction to Sweden’s accession, according to “Russia Today” news agency.

“We sent a very clear signal to Turkey and also to Hungary, which has not been ratified yet, that we want to join NATO together, and that is in everyone’s interest,” Marin said during the Munich Security Conference today, Saturday.

She added, “We want to join NATO with Sweden, at the same time, not only because we are good neighbors and partners, but also because of very concrete issues, especially NATO’s security planning throughout the north.”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pointed out at the beginning of February that “the Turkish parliament may approve Finland’s accession to NATO, without making a similar initiative towards Sweden, noting that the two countries submitted their requests for joining together, and Turkey is still obstructing them.”

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon