At 17:15 on March 7, the Prime Minister left Ulf Kristersson over the signed accession documents to the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in the White House in the United States.
Sweden is now officially a member of the NATO defense alliance, along with 31 other countries.
Clear: Sweden is now in NATO
Several world leaders congratulate Sweden
Several world leaders have now congratulated Sweden on its membership in NATO. X has, among others, the Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Called made a short video about Sweden’s accession and congratulates the country.
– You have no better friend in NATO than Estonia, she says, among other things, in the video.
Also Prime Minister of Latvia Evika Silina has posted a clip on X where she congratulates Sweden.
Prime Minister of Great Britain Rishi Sunak also took care to congratulating Sweden on membership in a video on X.
Another world leader who congratulated Sweden is the Prime Minister of Finland Petteri Orpo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Hanke Bruins Slot and the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, which also SVT News reported on.
Stubb and Gahr Støre congratulated Sweden over the phone
Even before Sweden officially became a member of NATO, the Finnish president congratulated Alexander Stubb Kristersson via telephone, also participating in the conversation was Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
Kristersson receives congratulations. Photo: Tom Samuelsson / Government Offices / TT
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