Nato invites Finland, Sweden to join, says Russia is a 'direct threat'

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MADRID — Nato invited Sweden and Finland on Wednesday (June 29) to join the military alliance in one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades after Russia's invasion of Ukraine pushed Helsinki and Stockholm to drop their traditional of neutrality.

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Nato's 30 allies took the decision at their summit in Madrid and also agreed to formally treat Russia as the"most significant and direct threat to the allies' security", according to a summit statement.

"We will make sure we are able to protect all allies, including Finland and Sweden," Mr Jens Stoltenberg said. "We are sending a strong message to Putin: 'you will not win'," Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez said in a speech. The planning document also cited China as a challenge for the first time, setting the stage for the 30 allies to plan to handle Beijing's transformation from a benign trading partner to a fast-growing competitor from the Arctic to cyberspace.

"The message is: We will continue to do so — and to do this intensively — for as long as it is necessary to enable Ukraine to defend itself," Mr Scholz said.

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