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Miranda Bryant in Stockholm

FOUND: Sweden finally joins nato after nearly two year wait | Mind Blowing Facts

Kristersson and Blinken
The Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, left, and the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, after the Nato ratification in Washington. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

Sweden has officially became the 32nd member of Nato, in a landmark moment for the historically neutral country and the western military alliance.

Stockholm’s ratification process was finally completed in Washington as Sweden and Hungary, the last country to ratify Sweden’s membership, submitted the necessary documents after a drawn-out process that has taken nearly two years.

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