The United States has always emphasized that it is waiting for applications from Finland and Sweden to join NATO, US Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland said at a State Department briefing on Tuesday..

" And we have always said that if Finland and Sweden want to talk about the possibility of their joining NATO, then we are always ready to do it, "

Talks about the possibility of these two countries joining NATO have intensified in recent weeks amid disputes between the Russian Federation and the West over the concentration of Russian forces near the border with Ukraine..

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Earlier, the Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany Andriy Melnyk said that the only correct solution in the current situation of the threat of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine is the immediate granting of Ukraine's NATO membership and the prospect of joining the EU.