After Russia’s attacks on Ukraine, Finland and Sweden decided to join NATO. Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said, “We will make our official application to the NATO alliance.” In Sweden, the ruling Social Democratic Party said they would support the country’s NATO membership.
“According to the decision of the party meeting on May 15, we support the application for NATO membership,” the party said in a statement. expression was used. The statement also stated that Sweden is against the placement of nuclear weapons or permanent NATO military bases.
“A HISTORIC DECISION”
Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde described her party’s decision as a “historical decision” in a post on her Twitter account.
“Today, the Swedish Social Democratic Party took a historic decision by saying ‘yes’ to its application for membership in the NATO defense alliance. The Russian invasion of Ukraine worsened the security situation for Sweden and Europe as a whole,” said Linde. made its assessment.
After the decision was discussed in the Swedish parliament tomorrow, it was stated that Sweden and Finland will apply for membership to NATO together until Wednesday at the latest. (AA-UAV)