Quick Glance: The Alliance Formally Invites Finland and Sweden to Join It
- The NATO offer to Finland and Sweden comes just one day after Turkey abandoned its opposition to their membership.
- The historic agreement, which follows Turkey's agreement to a memorandum with the two Nordic countries, demonstrates how President Vladimir V. Putin's war in Ukraine has backfired, undermining Russian efforts to weaken NATO and pushing Sweden and Finland, which had been neutral and nonaligned for decades, into the alliance's arms.
- "As NATO allies, Finland and Sweden commit to fully support Turkey against threats to its national security," said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, revealing some of the agreement's contents.
- From Helsinki, Finland, Johanna Lemola provided reporting.
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Quick Glance: Why Turkey opposes Finland and Sweden joining NATO, and why it matters
- In recent days, Finnish and Swedish leaders proclaimed their determination to join NATO, citing Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- Here's all you need to know about Turkey's stance on Finland and Sweden joining NATO.