Sweden on Thursday became the 32nd member of NATO with the handover of documents at a ceremony in Washington, a historic move that Secretary of State Antony Blinken said marked a strategic debacle by Russia.
Good things come to those who wait, Blinken said as he accepted the accession documents from Swedens prime minister, following ratification by the 31 other alliance members.
I think if you step back and think of where we were three years ago, none of this was foreordained, Blinken said of Sweden joining NATO.
There is no clearer example than today of the strategic debacle that Putins invasion of Ukraine has become for Russia, he said, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken receives the NATO ratification documents from Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson
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