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Finland, Sweden apply to join NATO, face Turkish objections - Reuters

Finland, Sweden apply to join NATO, face Turkish objections - Reuters

Finland, Sweden apply to join NATO, face Turkish objections - Reuters
May 18, 2022 55 secs

BRUSSELS, May 18 (Reuters) - Finland and Sweden formally applied to join the NATO alliance on Wednesday at allied headquarters, a decision spurred by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but face objections from Turkey to an accession process that is expected to take only a few weeks.

"This is a historic moment, which we must seize," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said at a short ceremony in which the Swedish and Finnish ambassadors to the alliance handed over their application letters, each in a white folder embossed with their national flag.

You are our closest partners, and your membership in NATO will increase our shared security," Stoltenberg said.

Finland's Ambassador to NATO Klaus Korhonen, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Sweden's Ambassador to NATO Axel Wernhoff attend a ceremony to mark Sweden's and Finland's application for membership in Brussels, Belgium, May 18, 2022.

President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Swedish and Finnish NATO membership posed no threat to Russia, but cautioned that Moscow would respond if the Western alliance boosted military infrastructure in the new Nordic members

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