Sweden’s Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (2ndR) is welcomed by Norway’s Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt (R) next to Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs James Cleverly (L) and US Permanent Representative to NATO Julianne Smith as he arrives for a social dinner during an informal meeting of NATO Foreign Affairs Ministers at Akershus Castle in Oslo, Norway on May 31, 2023. AFP
OSLO — Sweden’s foreign minister said Thursday Stockholm had fulfilled “all the commitments” to join NATO and urged Turkey and Hungary to allow his country into the alliance.
“This was never a sprint, it’s a marathon, and we now see the end of it,” Tobias Billstrom said at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Oslo.
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