Finland and Sweden will be welcomed into NATO with ‘open arms’

 Finland and Sweden will be welcomed into NATO with ‘open arms’ and will be able to join rapidly if they ask for membership, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg says

Jens Stoltenberg said the two neutral countries would meet 'open arms'

• Sweden and Finland have reportedly agreed to apply in May, defying Russia
• Finland's PM said earlier this month an application 'would happen in weeks'
• Russia's invasion of Ukraine has sparked new support for NATO in both countries

• Finland and Sweden could join NATO swiftly and would be 'welcomed with open arms', its leader said today.

  Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told journalists this morning he expects the two historically neutral countries' entries will happen 'quickly'.

  The nations have expressed a new desire to join NATO since Russia invaded Ukraine.

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