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At a joint press conference, the Finnish and Swedish prime ministers said they would stick to their desire to join NATO at the same time, after Turkey said it did not support Sweden’s candidacy.

Turkey has said it will approve Finland’s application for NATO membership ahead of Sweden. However, Finland’s president and foreign minister opposed the idea, saying that the security of the two northern European countries is interconnected.

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said: “I don’t like this environment in which Sweden is portrayed as a problem child of the class” and said that Sweden also fulfills all the conditions for joining NATO.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said his country will continue to honor the tripartite agreement signed last year between Sweden, Finland and Turkey.

“We started this journey together and together we will continue our membership,” Kristersson said.

Turkey suspended talks last month on the grounds that Sweden failed to take adequate steps following protests by Danish politician Rasmus Paludan.

Sweden announced today that it has decided to tighten its laws on terrorist organization membership to address objections to Turkey’s claim to NATO membership.

The new law, which the Swedish government hopes to come into force in June, gives authorities greater powers, through financial or other means, to detain and prosecute people who support terrorist organizations.

Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year. However, their membership must be ratified by all 30 NATO members. Turkey and Hungary have not yet approved the membership of Sweden and Finland.

Ankara accuses Sweden of supporting terrorist organizations. Noting that Turkey takes security issues seriously, Sweden says it has complied with the tripartite memorandum of understanding signed last June.

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