Flags of Canada in Ottawa. File photoMOSCOW, May 15.Foreign Affairs Canada will support Sweden's bid to join NATO on Sunday, according to a post on the Canadian agency's Twitter account. «Canada is proud to support our friend and close partner Sweden's bid to join NATO. the security sector,” the ministry said in a statement. Earlier, Britain expressed support for Stockholm. On Sunday, the ruling Social Democratic Party of Sweden announced its decision to apply for NATO membership, while noting that Sweden, if approved, would oppose the deployment of nuclear weapons and military bases on its territory. On Sunday, Finland also officially decided to join the North Atlantic Alliance.Sweden will resolve disagreements with Turkey over NATO membership, according to the Foreign MinistryFinland and Sweden have started talking about the possibility of abandoning long-term neutrality and joining NATO against the backdrop of the Russian military operation in Ukraine. The head of the alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, noted that the alliance would be glad to see Finland and Sweden in its ranks and provide them with the opportunity to quickly join. NATO expects these countries to make their own decisions about possible membership in the coming «months and weeks,» US Permanent Representative to NATO Julianne Smith said. She added that the United States would welcome the accession of these countries to the alliance. Russia has repeatedly noted that NATO is aimed at confrontation. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov stated 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 NATO an existential threat to Russia. thinks the prime minister
