Finland and Sweden have today submitted formal letters of application to NATO, firing the starting pistol on their race to become part of the military alliance
Axel Wernhoff and Klaus Korhonen, the Swedish and Finnish ambassadors to NATO, were pictured walking into the Brussels headquarters on Tuesday morning clutching their letters of application to present to alliance head Jens Stoltenberg.
‘I warmly welcome the requests by Finland and Sweden to join NATO. You are our closest partners,’ a smiling Stoltenberg said as he held the application.
‘All allies agree on the importance of NATO enlargement. We all agree that we must stand together, and we all agree that this is an historic moment which we must seize. This is a good day.’
