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Finland

and

Sweden

would be planning to request admission to enter the Atlantic Alliance next June, after a meeting was held last week between the foreign ministers of the

NATO

member countries and those of both Nordic countries, according to The British newspaper 'The Times' has reported.

Officials from both countries would have pointed out Russia

's "great strategic mistake"

with the

invasion of Ukraine,

since at this time Finland and Sweden "are ready to join NATO in the summer."

Washington trusts in this measure, which would add two new members to the Atlantic Alliance, thus going from 30 to 32 countries, according to 'The Times'.

In addition, the United States would have remarked that this change in position of the Nordic countries is "a direct consequence" of the war in Ukraine.

NATO membership for Finland and Sweden was a topic of conversation and multiple sessions during the talks that the foreign ministers of the Atlantic Alliance had last week, where the two northern European countries participated, according to a US official. to the British newspaper.

On Saturday, a coalition partner in the Finnish government that has traditionally been against NATO membership signaled its openness to membership, thus clearing the way for Helsinki to become a member of the Atlantic Alliance.

"If the government believes that the step and timing are right, then I, as Chair of the Center Party, with your support, am ready to set the course for Finland's entry into the NATO defense alliance," assured the president of the Center Party, Annika Saarikko.

The Kremlin's response

For its part, the Kremlin said on Monday that the annexation of Finland and Sweden to NATO would not bring stability to Europe, according to Reuters.

"We have said on several occasions that the alliance remains a confrontation-oriented tool and that its further expansion will not bring stability to the European continent," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

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