STOCKHOLM: Sweden ought to lead the institution of an enhanced NATO presence in Finland within the type of so-called ahead land forces (FLF), the 2 nations proposed on Monday.
“The Swedish authorities has the ambition to tackle a job as framework nation for ahead land forces in Finland,” Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson informed a joint press convention together with his Finnish counterpart Antti Hakkanen in Stockholm.
“Let me additionally underline that we’re within the early levels of this course of,” he mentioned, including that the appointment of a nation to steer the trouble can be achieved by NATO collectively.
Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine sparked a historic coverage u-turn in beforehand militarily non-aligned Finland and Sweden who joined NATO in 2023 and 2024 respectively.
