China News Service, July 5th. According to the Associated Press, on the 5th local time, the ambassadors of 30 countries to NATO began to sign the agreement on joining NATO between Finland and Sweden.
Data map: NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg.
"This is indeed a historic moment for Finland, Sweden and NATO," NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg reportedly said.
Earlier in the day, Stoltenberg, the Finnish and Swedish foreign ministers formally signed the protocol on the accession of Finland and Switzerland to NATO at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.
A day earlier, NATO officials held talks with representatives of Finland and Sweden on the text of the protocol for Finland and Sweden to join the treaty.