On Wednesday 18 May the NATO-accredited ambassadors of Finland, Klaus Korhonen, and Sweden, Axel Wernhoff, simultaneously submitted their applications for NATO membership to Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
“You are our closest partners and your membership in NATO would strengthen our common security”, Stoltenberg said at the presentation of the applications. He called the submission of the applications a “historic step”.
“All Allies agree on the importance of NATO...