Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General at the start of the signing ceremony of the Accession Protocols with Finland and Sweden, NATO Headquarters, 05 July 2022.

🗣 | NATO Secretary General:

Good morning.
Welcome to this signing ceremony of the accession protocols with Finland and Sweden.
And a special warm welcome to Minister Haavisto and Minister Linde from Finland and Sweden, welcome to you both.

This is truly an historic moment.
For Finland.
For Sweden.
And for NATO.
And for our shared security.
Just over a month ago, Finland and Sweden handed in the official letters of application.
This was followed by weeks of intensive discussions.

There were security concerns that needed to be addressed.
And we did what we always do at NATO.
We found common ground.

Last week in Madrid, Allied leaders agreed to invite Finland and Sweden to join the Alliance, following the agreement of the trilateral memorandum between Türkiye, Finland, and Sweden.

So today, we will formally sign the protocols of accession. This marks the start of the ratification process.

NATO’s door remains open to European democracies who are ready and willing to contribute to our shared security.

This is a good day for Finland and Sweden.
And a good day for NATO.
With 32 nations around the table, we will be even stronger.
And our people will be even safer,
as we face the biggest security crisis in decades.

And now, Minister Haavisto, dear Pekka, you have the floor please.

[Foreign Minister of Finland Pekka Haavisto speaks]

Thank you so much, Pekka, then I give the floor to Minister Linde, dear Ann, please, you have the floor.

[Foreign Minister of Sweden Ann Linde speaks]

Thank you so much to both of you. This ends the public part of this meeting, and we will continue in just a second.

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