RIA Novosti informs about it.
"At any time when you (Finland and Sweden. -
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), we will do it," Nuland said during a briefing at the US State Department.
Thus, she answered the question about the possibility of NATO membership for these states.
In December, the research company Taloustutkimus Oy, commissioned by the Defense Intelligence Advisory Board of the Finnish Defense Ministry, conducted a survey among Finnish residents to find out their attitudes toward state security policy.
About half of the respondents (51%) spoke out against Finland's aspiration to join NATO, 24% were in favor of such a prospect, and another 24% could not give an answer.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO would have serious military and political consequences.