"Welcome to Sweden to NATO as the 32nd member country".
This was stated by Secretary of State Antony Blinken alongside Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
Sweden's entry into NATO shows Russia's "strategic debacle," Blinken said.
"Ukraine is fighting for its freedom, and for European freedom," added Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
“This is not the end of something for us, but the beginning,” Kristersson noted.
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