After this step, only the parliamentary ratification of the 30 Member States is pending.
Sweden and Finland are one step closer to formalizing their accession to NATO. Both countries signed the accession protocol on Tuesday at the Atlantic Alliance headquarters in Brussels. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg; Finland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pekka Haavisto; and the Swedish Foreign Minister, Ann Linde.
“Today is a good day for Finland and Sweden and a good day for NATO. With 32 countries around the table, we will be even stronger and our populations will be even safer as we face the biggest security crisis in decades,” Stoltenberg said of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: “It is truly a historic moment for Finland. , for Sweden and for NATO, and for our shared security. The formal signing of the protocols marks the start of the ratification process. NATO’s door remains open to European democracies willing and willing to contribute to our shared security.”
The signing comes a week after Turkey vetoed both countries’ accession to the Alliance in exchange for a series of pledges, including cooperation in anti-terrorist affairs, arms sales and Ankara’s demand that leaders of the Kurdish PKK – a party that Turkey considers a terrorist group – to be extradited to Sweden and Finland.
After this step, the Alliance’s 30 member states only need to ratify the accession of the new partners in their parliaments.
Source: La Verdad
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