'Victory for freedom': Sweden finally joins NATO as 32nd member
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken receives the NATO ratification documents from Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson during a ceremony at the US State Department, as Sweden formally joins the North Atlantic alliance, in Washington, DC. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed Sweden's membership.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson late on Thursday attended as a guest at the annual State of the Union address of US President Joe Biden, whose rival Donald Trump has disparaged NATO as unfairly burdening the US. He later delivered a televised address to the nation from Washington, telling Swedes:"We are a small country, but we understand more than most the importance of the greater world beyond our borders."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also hailed Sweden's membership, saying:"One more country in Europe has become more protected from Russian evil."Sweden and Finland, while militarily intertwined with the United States and both members of the European Union, had historically steered clear of joining NATO, formed in the Cold War to unite against the Soviet Union.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan later demanded action after protesters, enjoying Swedish laws on free speech, desecrated Islam's holy book the Quran.
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