Sweden and Finland advance to final stage of joining NATO in response to Russia invading Ukraine
Business Insider USNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, centre, looks on as Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto, left, and Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde bump fists after a press conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels in January. JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty Images
Ambassadors of the alliance's current members signed the bloc's"Accession Protocols" on Tuesday, leaving just one step left for the nations to join the Western military alliance. It is not clear how long it would take between the signing of the Accession Protocol and Sweden and Finland's joining the bloc. Previous processes have taken two years, though NATO has said that it would fast-track the two Nordic countries' applications.
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