SWEDEN-STOCKHOLM-NATO-ACCESSION-ISSUES

SWEDEN-STOCKHOLM-NATO-ACCESSION-ISSUES

(220613) -- STOCKHOLM, June 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson (R) and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attend a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, on June 13, 2022. Contrary to previous assertions that the accession of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would be a quick process, the military alliance's Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, said on Monday that "there is no way to say exactly when" this will happen when visiting Sweden. (Magnus Liljegren/Government Offices of Sweden/Handout via Xinhua)

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