NATO Secretary-Common Jens Stoltenberg has mentioned Finland and Sweden can be "welcome" to affix the protection alliance.

"It is for them to determine in fact" Stoltenberg instructed reporters at NATO's headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, "but when they apply, I anticipate that 30 allies will welcome them."

The prospect of membership of the group has been gaining traction in Helsinki and Stockholm since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A Scandinavian presence within the alliance can be seen as a solution to supply mutual safety between the nations and NATO in gentle of Moscow's aggression.

Stoltenberg mentioned that the alliance would possible discover methods for Sweden and Finland to take care of the issues they could have "about this interim interval between having utilized and till the final ratification (by allies) has taken place."

This referred to how Russia may retaliate towards the nations becoming a member of the alliance.

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NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg
NATO Common Secretary Jens Stoltenberg on the NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 5, 2022. He has mentioned he would welcome Sweden and Finland becoming a member of the alliance in gentle of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.FRANCOIS WALSCHAERTS/Getty Pictures