NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at the NATO headquarters in Brussels. It was dedicated to the filing of applications by Sweden and Finland to join NATO after the final ratification..
After the conversation, Stoltenberg and Kristersson held a joint press conference, at which the NATO Secretary General declared, that the process of accession of Sweden and Finland to the alliance is “the fastest” all the time since its inception. According to him, almost all NATO countries have already ratified the accession of two new members.
Joining the Alliance will make you safer, NATO is stronger, and the Euro-Atlantic region safer- Stoltenberg said.
To date, for the entry of the Swedes and Finns into the alliance were 28 countries from 30, while Turkey and Hungary have not expressed their decision. If everything is more or less clear with the Turks, Ankara wants to get some preferences for its consent and solve some problems, then in the case of Hungary, the delay in voting is not entirely clear. Although on the other hand, in Budapest, they seem to be going to announce their decision in the coming days, and it will be positive. After that, only Turkey will remain, which the Swedes and Finns promised to fulfill something, but not fulfilled.
Meanwhile, Stoltenberg is already presenting Sweden and Finland as full members of NATO., Expressing, that with their entry, the alliance has significantly increased its forces in the Baltic region. The Baltics also agree with the NATO Secretary General, where have already gathered “block” Russian ships in Kaliningrad. used photos:Official website of NATO
