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 by AFP Staff Writers Helsinki (AFP) Nov 1, 2022
Sweden's new prime minister said Tuesday he was open to allowing nuclear weapons on Swedish soil once the country becomes a NATO member, a turnaround from the previous government's stance. Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who took over the reins in Sweden two weeks ago, was speaking in Helsinki at a press conference with his Finnish counterpart Sanna Marin, whose country is applying for membership in the Atlantic alliance together with Sweden. When asked if the two nations would accept nuclear weapons on their soil, Marin replied: "We shouldn't put any preconditions... We have decided that we don't want to close any doors for the future." Kristersson agreed. "You will receive exactly the same answer from me as from the Finnish prime minister", he said. "It's very natural for Sweden and Finland to act very jointly in these matters and have exactly the same formalisation. So I have no other intention than going hand-in-hand also in this sense with Finland", Kristersson told reporters. Both Marin and Kristersson however acknowledged that reservations could be negotiated "later". Sweden's Social Democratic party, which was in power when Sweden submitted its membership application in May, said that it would work to express "unilateral reservations against the deployment of nuclear weapons and permanent bases on Swedish territory". In Finland, the import, manufacture, possession and detonation of nuclear explosives is prohibited by law. Nordic neighbours Denmark and Norway, which are already NATO members, have both refused to allow foreign countries to establish permanent military bases or nuclear weapons on their soil in peacetime.
Pacific nuclear legacy overshadows US talks in Marshall Islands Majuro (AFP) Marshall Islands (AFP) Nov 1, 2022 Marshall Islands officials say they are ready to resume talks with the United States this week on renewing a long-standing economic and security deal, provided Washington addresses grievances stemming from the testing of nuclear weapons on the Pacific archipelago more than 70 years ago. The United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs in the Marshall Islands between 1946-58, and the health and environmental impacts are still felt on the islands and atolls that lie between Hawaii and the Philippines. ... read more
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