Sweden officially joins NATO during ceremony in Washington
Sweden joined NATO in Washington on Thursday, two years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine forced it to rethink its national security policy and conclude that support for the alliance was the Scandinavian nation's best guarantee of safety.
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![Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, poses for a photo with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson holding Sweden's NATO Instruments of Accession in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the State Department, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Washington. Two cleanshaven men wearing suit and tie, one of them bespectacled, pose for a photo while holding a leather-bound book together.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7136715.1709832197!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/us-sweden.jpg)
Sweden joined NATO in Washington on Thursday, two years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine forced it to rethink its national security policy and conclude that support for the alliance was the Scandinavian nation's best guarantee of safety.