THE Northern Macedonia welcomed applications for NATO membership today submitted by Sweden and Finland and expressed its full support for the two countries to become members of the North Atlantic Alliance.
“I sincerely welcome and support the candidacy of these important countries for the prosperity and security of Europe. It is a decision of sovereign states that have a right to their own decisions, especially when it comes to the well-being of their citizens. Northern Macedonia, as the youngest member of the most powerful military-political alliance, has an obligation to pursue an open door policy with its partners, Finland and Sweden, with particular regard to the political and geographical environment as well as the security environment. “With the full accession of Sweden and Finland, NATO will be particularly strengthened in its eastern wing, where the biggest challenges come from, as is the case with the Russian military offensive in Ukraine.” he stated the President of Northern Macedonia, Stevo Pentarovski.
Also, the government of Northern Macedonia today authorized the country’s ambassador to NATO to give its consent for the accession of Sweden and Finland to the North Atlantic Alliance.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Northern Macedonia has been fully in line with NATO and EU decisions to impose financial sanctions on Russia and to ban Russian aircraft from entering its airspace.
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