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Flag of NATO’s 32nd member, Sweden, raised at alliance’s headquarters

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria attend a flag-raising ceremony at NATO headquarters following the accession of Sweden to the alliance, in Brussels, Belgium March 11, 2024 [Yves Herman/Reuters]

Sweden’s flag has been raised at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, marking the country’s entry into the military alliance two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg looked on as two soldiers on Monday raised the blue banner emblazoned with a yellow cross among the official circle of national flags at the transatlantic grouping’s offices in the Belgian capital.

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