Sweden to apply to join NATO, says PM


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STOCKHOLM, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson on Monday announced the official decision to start the process of the country's application to become a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). "It is clear that there is a broad majority in Sweden's parliament for Sweden to join NATO," Andersson said during a press conference. "We leave one era and go into another. We will inform NATO that we want to become a member of the alliance," she said. According to Andersson, Sweden's NATO ambassador in Brussels will submit the country's NATO application within the next few...