Helsinki, Aug 26 (TIWN) The Defence Ministers of Finland, Norway, and Sweden met to discuss ways of boosting cooperation when all five Nordic countries are NATO members.

Questioned by the media after Thursday’s meeting on the idea of establishing a NATO base in Finland, Finnish Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen said he was not ruling out any possibilities, reports Xinhua news agency.

Kaikkonen spoke to the reporters after meeting with his Norwegian and Swedish counterparts, Bjorn Arlid Gram and Peter Hultqvist.

Finland and Sweden officially applied to join NATO in May this year.