Announced on the 7th via Homepage
32nd Ally Nation
On the 7th, the White House announced on its website that "Sweden will officially become the 32nd member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)."
The White House confirmed that Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is among the foreign dignitaries attending President Joe Biden's State of the Union address, stating, "Sweden will formally join the NATO alliance on March 7, 2024, becoming the 32nd ally."
The White House stated, "With Sweden becoming a NATO ally, the United States and its allies will be safer," adding, "NATO is the most powerful defense alliance in world history, and just as the NATO alliance was established 75 years ago amid the ruins of World War II, it remains crucial today in ensuring the safety of our people."
Sweden, which applied for NATO membership in May 2022, fulfilled all membership requirements after Hungary’s parliament, the last of the existing 30 NATO member countries, approved the accession ratification bill on the 26th of last month. Only the formal submission of accession documents to the United States remains.
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