Message to Enemy ! Sweden Join Nato Military Alliance (Mar. 8, 2024)

After two years of longwinded diplomacy and two centuries of formal military nonalignment, Sweden is on Thursday expected to become the 32nd member of Nato. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson was visiting Washington where Secretary of State Antony Blinken will ceremonially receive the ratification documents after the hardfought battle to secure the green lights needed from all Nato members. Kristersson is likely later in the day to attend the annual State of the Union address by President Joe Biden, who has been struggling to persuade the rival Republican Party to approve new aid to Ukraine. Sweden's blue and goldenyellow flag is expected to be hoisted on Monday at the Brussels headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance. Russia has vowed "countermeasures" over Sweden's entry into Nato, especially if the alliance's troops and assets deploy in the country.