Nato's Forward Land Forces (FLF) will be stationed in Rovaniemi and Sodankylä, Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen (NCP) confirmed at the Nato defence ministers' meeting in Brussels on Thursday.

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The process was still in an early phase, the ministers said, adding that the appointment of a nation to lead the effort to establish so-called forward land forces (FLF) will be made by Nato ...

According to Jonson, planning is in its early stages among Nato allies and must also be discussed in the Swedish Parliament. "I envisage that FLF Finland could be in place in one to two years," he ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -The Finnish government is happy for Sweden to lead the establishment of NATO land forces in Finland to boost defences against neighbouring Russia, the two Nordic countries ...

(Photo by Antti Mikkola / Yle News) Nato’s Forward Land Forces (FLF) will be stationed in Rovaniemi and Sodankylä, Finnish Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen (NCP) confirmed at the Nato defence ...