From left to right: Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Viktor Orban. Drawing by Maarten Wolterink, Netherlands/Cartoon Movement Share
In Stockholm, the official message is clear: Sweden has done everything necessary to be accepted in NATO, after Finland, admitted in April. And its membership should be solemnly recorded at the next summit of the organization, which will be held on July 11 and 12 in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. This would be the culmination of a historic change for a country that has long remained neutral.
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