The parliaments of both countries have ratified the alliance’s accession by a large majority. The White House has announced that US President Joe Biden will receive Magdalena Andersson and Sauli Niinisto in Washington on Thursday.
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Sweden and Finland will submit their application for admission to the NATOas announced on Tuesday by the Swedish Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersonduring a joint press conference with the President of Finland, Sauli Niinistoduring an official visit to Stockholm.
The announcement came after the Eduskunta (Finnish Parliament) today ratified by a large majority the country’s accession to the Alliance, approved two days ago by the president and government, and the Swedish government announced yesterday that it was seeking to join that organization. would ask.
The two countries have chained together several bureaucratic steps in recent days and will submit the request jointly this Wednesday, according to Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson. “It is a sign that we are united for the future,” he said at a press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto.
Andersson has underlined the “long common history” of the two countries and emphasized that the security of both is also linked. In this regard, he praised the coordination against the “illegal war” launched by Russia about Ukraine, according to public television.
“It is a sign that we are united for the future”
For his part, the Finnish president has acknowledged that the current context is different from that before February 24, the date the invasion began, and pointed out that the region, with Sweden and Finland in NATO, will not only be an example in terms of democracy and well-being, but also security.
Finland’s parliament backed the government’s request to join NATO just this Tuesday with a large majority of 188 to eight, shortly after Swedish Foreign Minister Anne Linde approved the application for the Sweden’s accession to the Atlantic Alliance.
In addition to the White House announced in a statement that US President Joe Biden will receive Andersson and Niinisto in Washington on Thursday.
The governments of the two countries have made it clear that they are joining forces in this rapprochement with the bloc, which could translate into full membership even by the end of this year. Turkeyhowever, has expressed doubts about this expansion through the mouth of its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and has theoretical veto power.
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Source: EITB
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