Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds up the membership application documents presented to him by envoys Klaus Korhonen of Finland and Axel Wernhoff of Sweden in Brussels on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. AFP PHOTO
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The United States on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) gave its full support for Sweden's and Finland's applications to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), promising to stand by them if threatened by Russia and pressing Turkey to not block their membership.