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Swedish Ambassador Karin Olofsdotter on a historic NATO bid

WAMU 88.5 | By Kathryn Fink
Published May 17, 2022 at 11:57 AM MDT

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (C), Finland Ministers for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto (L) and Sweden Foreign minister Ann Linde (R) give a press conference after their meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (C), Finland Ministers for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto (L) and Sweden Foreign minister Ann Linde (R) give a press conference after their meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.

It’s official.

After centuries of military neutrality, Sweden is applying to join NATO. So is Finland.

What does that mean for Sweden? For NATO? And for Russia?

The Associated Press reports:

We talk with the Swedish ambassador to the U.S., Karin Olofsdotter, about the historic move.

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Kathryn Fink
Kathryn Fink is a producer with NPR's All Things Considered.