Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde signed an application for the country's entry into the North Atlantic Alliance, informs SVT.

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She informed that Sweden's application will be filed together with Finland's application..

The Finnish Parliament is expected to vote on the relevant decision on May 17..

The day before, the Swedish government officially decided to apply for NATO membership..

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It was previously reported that Finland and Sweden plan to apply for NATO membership in May..

Thus, both countries decided to speed up the accession procedure, without waiting for the Alliance summit, which will be held at the end of June..

Sweden and Finland have long synchronized their security and defense policies. Unlike their NATO neighbors Denmark and Norway, Sweden and Finland had to rely on themselves. When it turned out that Russia is a much more dangerous neighbor than it seemed, Sweden and Finland revised their position on NATO. Read more in Alina Gritsenko's article "