NATO invites Sweden and Finland to join the alliance, Madrid summit statement says

MADRID, 30 June 2022, (TON): A commununique published by the NATO summit in Madrid said “NATO has invited Sweden and Finland to become members of the military alliance.”

The communique said “the accession of Finland and Sweden will make them (the allies) safer, NATO stronger and the Euro-Atlantic area more secure,”

It added that the alliance also agreed a new strategic concept.

The communique described Russia as the “most significant and direct threat to the allies’ security,” a reaction to the massively deteriorated relationship to Russia since its invasion of Ukraine.

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