Sweden and Finland have officially applied for NATO membership. Ambassadors from the two countries handed over the relevant documents to Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday morning at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels.
Sweden and Finland have officially applied for NATO membership. Ambassadors from the two countries handed over the relevant documents to Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday morning at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels. On Tuesday, the Finnish parliament voted overwhelmingly for the country to join NATO. Shortly before, Sweden’s Foreign Minister Ann Linde had signed her country’s application for membership.
Both Sweden and Finland are striving to join the military alliance because of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. For the two Nordic countries, the NATO accession candidacy is a turning point after decades of alliance neutrality. NATO has given Finland and Sweden the prospect of speedy admission. However, the member country Turkey is threatening to veto the northern expansion.
