New NATO member Sweden now enjoys alliance protection, Stoltenberg says
Updated: 2024-03-08 01:31
BRUSSELS -NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg hailed Sweden becoming a member of the alliance on Thursday as "historic" in a statement on X.
Sweden became NATO's newest member upon depositing its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the Government of the United States in Washington.
With Sweden's accession, NATO now counts 32 countries among its members.
Reuters
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