“Today, I proudly welcome and express strong support from the United States to the applications of two wonderful democracies to join the strongest and most powerful defense alliance in world history,” TASS reports the words of the head of the United States.
He also expressed confidence in the strength of democratic institutions and the strength of the armed forces of the two countries.
On May 18, the ambassadors of Sweden and Finland submitted applications for NATO membership to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.