Sweden on Tuesday took the first formal step to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with its Foreign Minister Ann Linde signing an application declaring the country's intention to join the defense alliance.
This move by Stockholm marks a major shift in its decades of military neutrality, evidently influenced by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
"It feels very big, very serious, and it feels like we have arrived at a conclusion which is the best for Sweden," Linde said after signing an application for NATO membership at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Stockholm.
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