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Since yesterday, Madrid

has been an armored city with the largest security deployment in the history of Spain due to the arrival of the Heads of State and Government participating in the NATO summit, which has altered the daily routine of the more than three million of people from Madrid whose mobility has been affected by roadblocks and police controls.

On this first day of

the NATO summit in Madrid,

a meeting of the Alliance partners that is

marked by the war in Ukraine,

the expansion to traditionally neutral countries such as

Sweden and Finland

and the joint response demanded by Spain to the new threats coming from the so-called

"southern flank".

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The NATO Summit begins with the accession of Sweden and Finland closer

This Wednesday officially begins

the NATO Summit

in which the new strategic concept will be approved that will mark the actions of the

Alliance

for the next ten years and with the accession of

Sweden and Finland

getting closer and closer after this Tuesday Turkey raised your veto.

At 8:15 a.m., the arrival at Ifema of the Heads of State and Government of the allied countries is scheduled to be greeted individually by the Secretary General of the

Atlantic Alliance

, Jens Stoltenberg, before everyone poses for the official photo.

It will be the start of a summit described as "historic" and "crucial" by the leaders of the allied countries and by the heads of

NATO

since, in addition to the approval of the roadmap for the next decade, the agreement between

Turkey, Sweden and Finland

pave the way for these two traditionally neutral countries to join the Alliance.

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