Sweden officially joins Nato, ending decades of neutrality

Sweden officially joins Nato, ending decades of neutrality. It comes as security concerns have heightened in Europe following the Ukraine war.

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00:00 Sweden has formally joined NATO as the 32nd member of the military alliance, ending decades

00:07 of post-World War II neutrality.

00:12 Russia will stay a serious threat to the Euro-Atlantic security for the foreseeable future.

00:18 It was in this light that Sweden applied to join the NATO defence alliance.

00:25 Sweden's membership comes as concerns about Russian aggression in Europe have heightened

00:30 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

00:32 Sweden and Finland both abandoned long-standing neutrality that was a hallmark of the Nordic

00:37 state's Cold War foreign policy.

00:39 [WHOOSH]