“In the near future, liaison officers from several NATO countries will begin serving at headquarters.
Lieutenant Colonel Asle Strand was the first of them at his new workplace, ”RIA Novosti reported.
On the morning of May 17, Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde signed an application for the country's entry into NATO.
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said that Sweden and Finland will submit a joint application for NATO membership on 18 May.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, on the air of the Solovyov LIVE TV channel noted that such a step "unties Russia's hands."