Sweden Announces Intentions to Join NATO Amid Russia-Ukraine War
By Fox News // May 16, 2022
'Sweden needs formal security guarantees that come with membership in NATO'
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(FOX NEWS) – Sweden’s prime minister announced Monday that “we will inform NATO that we want to become a member of the alliance” as Russia’s war with Ukraine is nearing the 3-month mark.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is vowing that approval of Sweden’s application will be fast-tracked by Congress.
“We will inform NATO that we want to become a member of the alliance,” Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said Monday in a speech to lawmakers. “Sweden needs formal security guarantees that come with membership in NATO.”
Andersson called it “a historic change” in Sweden’s security policy.
McConnell, speaking in Stockholm on Monday, said while other countries in the Western alliance may be able to approve Sweden’s application sooner, he had no doubt it will be approved in the U.S. Congress, likely by August.
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