Go to Media Bank NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. File photoBRUSSELS, Oct 20 Virtually all NATO countries have ratified the protocols on accession of Sweden and Finland to the alliance, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a joint press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. «As invited countries, you ( Sweden and Finland — ed.) are currently integrating into political and military structures … Many countries have provided security guarantees to both countries. NATO has increased its presence in the Baltic Sea region … The accession process has become the fastest in the modern history of NATO.. Almost all allies have completed national procedure (ratification of accession protocols — ed.),» Stoltenberg said. According to him, NATO allies will support Sweden and Finland if these countries «become under pressure.» According to the Swedish Prime Minister, 28 of the thirty NATO countries have already ratified the accession protocols.
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