Russia's trouble will increase! The way for Finland-Sweden to join NATO is easy, 30 countries have signed 30 countries affiliated with NATO signed the protocol to make sweden and finland members. This has made the way for both countries to join NATO easier. At the same time, Russia's problems have also increased.
30 NATO allies signed the protocol to make sweden and finland members. With this, membership requests of these two countries have been sent to the coalition capitals for legislative approval. Indeed, in the wake of the Russian invasion of ukraine in February, this year and the military conflict since then, sweden and Finland's move has served to increase efforts to isolate russia strategically. 

"This is a truly historic moment for finland, sweden, and NATO," said NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg.

30 ambassadors and permanent representatives formally approved the decisions of last week's NATO summit after the coalition made the historic decision to invite Russia's neighbors finland and sweden to join the military club. Despite the agreement in the alliance, member states turkey may still cause problems with sweden and Finland's eventual inclusion in NATO.
Last week, Turkish leader Rajab Tayyip Erdoan warned if the two countries failed to fully meet Turkey's demand for the extradition of suspected terrorists linked to illegal Kurdish groups or a network of exiled clerics accused of a failed 2016 coup So Ankara may still block the process. He said Turkey's parliament could refuse to ratify the deal.

This is an obstacle for sweden and finland as finalizing the process of joining them in NATO would require formal approval from all 30 member states. The signing of the protocol on tuesday is meant to create more space for sweden and finland in the NATO camp. As a close partner, he has already attended a few meetings of the coalition which involved issues that affect him at the moment.


Both countries can, as official invitees, attend all meetings of ambassadors, even though they do not yet have any voting rights.


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