FILE PHOTO: Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist visits military base in Adazi, Latvia April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Nordic region's defence capabilities would be strengthened if Sweden and Finland joined NATO, allowing joint defence planning within the framework of the alliance, Sweden's defence minister told Swedish radio on Tuesday.
"(If Sweden and Finland join NATO) there will be the effect that we use each others' strengths and advantages and fully complement each other and also carry out operational planning," Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist of the ruling Social Democrats said.
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