Sweden will apply to join NATO, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson announced on Monday, stressing that this means a new “era” for the Scandinavian country. The Government has decided to inform the Atlantic Alliance of the country’s willingness to become a member”, she declared at a press conference one day after the Finnish executive announced her candidacy. »We are leaving an era to enter a new one«, according to the Swedish prime minister. »We hope that (accession) will not take more than a year«, with the necessary ratification by the 30 members of the Atlantic Alliance, Andersson stressed.
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