Ratifications of protocols for Sweden and Finland’s NATO accession on agenda of parliamentary foreign affairs committee
Skopje, 26 July 2022 (MIA) – The bills on the ratification of the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty regarding the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO are on the agenda of Tuesday’s sessions of the Parliament’s foreign affairs committee and the legislative committee.
The government on July 17 forwarded to Parliament the bills on the ratification of the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty regarding the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO allowing for legal preconditions to be created for the protocols to enter into force before the two countries join NATO.
Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski and the whole government have openly supported the initiative of Sweden and Finland to join NATO endorsing their accession bid back in May.
“The Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty regarding the accession of Sweden and Finland were signed in Brussels on July 5, 2022 by officials of the NATO member states,” the government said in a press release on July 17.
