Sweden has officially decided to apply for NATO membership

NATO headquarters in Brussels. File photoMOSCOW, May 15.Sweden has officially decided to apply for NATO membership, follows from a statement by the ruling Social Democratic Party.»At its meeting today, May 15, 2022, the board of the Social Democratic Party decided that the party will work to get Sweden to apply for NATO membership,» the official statement reads. de facto already part of NATO, said the German Foreign Minister. At the same time, the country's leadership intends to seek a ban on the deployment of nuclear weapons and permanent military bases on its territory. On Sunday, Finland also officially decided to join the North Atlantic Alliance. In Stockholm and Helsinki, they started talking about the possibility of abandoning years of neutrality and NATO membership against the backdrop of a Russian special operation in Ukraine. The head of the alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, claims that the alliance will be glad to see Finland and Sweden in its ranks and will provide them with the possibility of a quick entry. Russia has repeatedly noted that NATO is aimed at confrontation. Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov emphasized that further expansion of the alliance would not bring greater security to Europe, NATO has an aggressive character. At the same time, he noted that he does not consider the possible entry of Sweden and Finland into the alliance an existential threat to Russia. and Finland