Finland Moves Toward NATO Membership Decision ‘Within Weeks’ Rather Than Months

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin attends a press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson ahead of a meeting on whether to seek NATO membership, in Stockholm, Sweden, on April 13, 2022. Paul Wennerholm/TT via AP

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin says Helsinki is moving toward a decision on applying to join the NATO military alliance “within weeks.”

“I won’t give any kind of timetable when we will make our decisions, but I think it will happen quite fast, within weeks, not within months,” Marin said during an April 13 joint news conference with her Swedish counterpart in Stockholm.