Sweden And Finland Say They Have Received US Security Assurances If They Apply To Join NATO

Bloomberg: NATO Membership: Sweden, Finland Get US Security Promises in Entry Process 

(Bloomberg) -- Sweden and Finland are starting to win assurances of help if threatened by Russia in the interim period between an expected application to join defense alliance NATO and an eventual entry under the bloc’s collective security umbrella. 

The two Nordic countries, which began to seriously consider joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have worried of an insecure “gray period” on the doorstep of the bloc, before full membership unlocks its security guarantees.  

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Update #1: Sweden says it received U.S. security assurances if it hands in NATO application (Reuters)  

Update #2: Sweden says it received US security assurances if it submits NATO application (FOX News)  

WNU Editor: Not everyone in Sweden is onboard with joining NATO .... Sweden’s ruling Social Democrats divided on decision to join Nato (The Guardian).