Finland to make decision on NATO entry in coming weeks

Finland will make a decision about whether to apply to join the 30-member NATO alliance in the next few weeks, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Wednesday.

"There are different perspectives to apply (for) NATO membership or not to apply and we have to analyze these very carefully," Marin told reporters in a joint news conference in Stockholm with her Swedish counterpart.

"But I think our process will be quite fast, it will happen in weeks," Reuters cited Marin as saying.

Finland's government will publish an update of its foreign and security policy in a white paper later on Wednesday.