Sweden formally joins Nato military alliance

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Read: 620     11:00     08 Март 2024    

Sweden has officially become the 32nd member of Nato after it completed its accession process in Washington.

The handover of documents took place at a ceremony two years after Sweden applied to join the military alliance following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that "unity and solidarity" would be Sweden's "guiding lights".

"Good things come to those who wait," US Secretary of State Blinken said.

"Our defensive alliance is now stronger and larger than it's ever been," he added, thanking Sweden for its "resilience".

"This has been a little bit of a road but we've known from day one that we would be here one day," Mr Blinken said.

Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in a statement on X that Sweden brings with it "capable armed forces and a first-class defence industry" and that the alliance had become "stronger and safer".

Sweden applied to join the defence alliance after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.





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Sweden formally joins Nato military alliance

2024/03/54898-1709877267.jpg
Read: 621     11:00     08 Март 2024    

Sweden has officially become the 32nd member of Nato after it completed its accession process in Washington.

The handover of documents took place at a ceremony two years after Sweden applied to join the military alliance following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that "unity and solidarity" would be Sweden's "guiding lights".

"Good things come to those who wait," US Secretary of State Blinken said.

"Our defensive alliance is now stronger and larger than it's ever been," he added, thanking Sweden for its "resilience".

"This has been a little bit of a road but we've known from day one that we would be here one day," Mr Blinken said.

Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in a statement on X that Sweden brings with it "capable armed forces and a first-class defence industry" and that the alliance had become "stronger and safer".

Sweden applied to join the defence alliance after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.





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