Both countries previously abandoned their traditional neutrality due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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President Emmanuel Macron signed on behalf of France the ratification protocol on the admission of Finland and Sweden to NATO. The country's parliament adopted this protocol on August 2, the signing of the document was reported by AFP with reference to the Elysee Palace.
“This sovereign choice of Finland and Sweden, two European partners, will strengthen their security in the face of the current threat from their immediate neighbors neighbors and will make a significant contribution, given the capabilities of these two partners, to collective European security,” the Elysée Center said in a statement on Saturday.
Sweden and Finland abandoned their traditional neutrality due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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“Twenty allies have already ratified the protocols,” said Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna during the adoption by the French parliament.
Both countries need ratification by thirty member states of the organization in order to benefit from the protection of Article 5 of the NATO Charter in the event of an attack.
Recall that this article provides that as that any of the member states of the Alliance becomes the victim of an armed attack, all other members of the Alliance without exception will consider this act of violence as an armed attack against them all. The member countries of the defense bloc undertake to take all necessary measures to help the country under attack.
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However, Turkey, a member of the Atlantic Alliance, threatens to “freeze” the process, accusing the two Scandinavian countries of being friendly to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its allies, which Ankara considers terrorist organizations.
