NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaking at a press conference in Brussels BRUSSELS, Jan 13 Sweden and Finland largely comply with NATO's defense standards, and, in the event of their appropriate political decision, they can quickly join NATO, said the secretary general of the alliance Jens Stoltenberg. “Sweden and Finland are our close partners, we worked together, we conduct joint exercises. NATO standards in most spheres, they have well-organized, well-managed security and defense institutions … That is, it can happen very quickly (joining NATO — ed.) if they make such a request, but in the end it requires the political decision of Sweden and Finland, as well as thirty NATO allies, «he said at a joint press conference with the President of Estonia. NATO Secretary General held talks with Finnish President Sauli Ni in early January Minister and Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson. Stoltenberg stressed that NATO «supports the right of each nation to independently determine measures to ensure its own security.» US Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland also said earlier that the US is ready to discuss with Finland and Sweden the possibility of their joining NATO, if these countries express such a desire. 
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