Sweden, Finland Get UK Security Pledge For NATO Bid Period
- UK’s Johnson signs security deals with Sweden and Finland
- Bids to join NATO by both nations may come in next few days
Boris Johnson is greeted by Magdalena Andersson in Harpsund, Sweden, on May 11.
Photographer: Frank Augstein/AFP/Getty Images
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Sweden and Finland are winning more pledges of help in case Russia attacks them as the Nordic nations are on the path to becoming members of the NATO defense bloc.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed security agreements with both Sweden and Finland on Wednesday, as the pair is moving closer to filing membership applications to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.