Sweden became the 32nd member of NATO

On Thursday local time, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken received Sweden’s accession documents to the NATO treaty at the country’s Foreign Ministry in Washington from the Prime Minister of Sweden, and the country is now officially the 32nd member of NATO. is.

According to the statute of joining the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO), a country becomes a member of this alliance after submitting its membership documents to the US government. These documents are kept in the US Department of State, which acts as the depositary of the treaty for NATO.

The US State Department announced on Thursday local time: “On March 7th, the conditions for the entry of the Kingdom of Sweden into the North Atlantic Treaty Force were met; Therefore, Sweden’s membership protocol was implemented on March 7, 2024.”

At the same time as Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Kristerson attended to deliver the final documents of his country’s membership in Washington, the White House announced in a statement: Sweden’s existence as a NATO ally will make America and our allies even safer.

According to the American NBC News news channel, the Prime Minister of Sweden has announced: Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of NATO, has informed him that after accepting the country’s accession protocol by all the member countries, Sweden will officially Joining is invited.

We have to face the world, as sometimes it is not what we wish it to be,” Kristersson said after Hungary ratified Sweden’s annexation last week.

On February 26, Hungarian legislators voted in favor of Sweden’s membership in NATO, and the speaker of the country’s parliament, Laszlo Kovar, signed the approval of Sweden’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Saturday and sent this law to the office of the president. The Republic of this country sent.

After Russia attacked Ukraine, Sweden and Finland applied for NATO membership. Finland became a member of this military pact last April.

Hungary was the last member of the North Atlantic military alliance that resisted Sweden’s request to join it; A process that requires the support of all members of this coalition.

In the meantime, the Turkish Parliament agreed to Sweden joining NATO in January of this year after long delays and disputes.

Source: IRNA