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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Niklas Pollard and Humeyra Pamuk

Sweden, U.S. voice hope for NATO enlargement by July

Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom attends a press conference with European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell (not pictured) on the day of an EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum in connection to an informal meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers in Marsta outside Stockholm, Sweden May 13, 2023. Christine Olsson/TT News Agency/via REUTERS/File Photo

Sweden still hopes to be a member of NATO by the time of the alliance's summit in Vilnius in July, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said on Friday, an anticipation echoed by a senior Biden administration official in Washington.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine convinced Sweden and Finland last year to ditch long-held policies of military non-alignment and seek security of NATO's collective defence commitment.

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