{"id":37146,"date":"2022-05-26T14:05:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T12:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=37146"},"modified":"2022-05-26T14:06:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T12:06:37","slug":"albania-officially-backs-finlands-and-swedens-bid-to-nato-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-officially-backs-finlands-and-swedens-bid-to-nato-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania officially backs Finland\u2019s and Sweden\u2019s bid to join NATO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u2019s meeting of the Council of Ministers, Albania agreed in principle to adopt the protocols of Finland\u2019s and Sweden\u2019s NATO membership.<\/p>\n<p>This is what the minister of foreign affairs, Olta Xhacka, said during a press communication outside the PM\u2019s Office. Xhacka also stated that these protocols will be submitted to Parliament for ratification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have officially presented our agreement regarding the enlargement of the Alliance to include these 2 countries. These protocols will be forwarded to Parliament where they will be ratified and when the ratification procedure is complete in the 30 parliaments of the NATO member states, and both Finland\u2019s and Sweden\u2019s parliaments, then it will be possible for them to join de jure in the North Atlantic Treaty,\u201d \u2013 said Xhacka.<\/p>\n<p>The foreign minister also noted that the step that finalizes both these countries\u2019 membership is the submission of the membership instrument to the government of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Finland and Sweden have officially applied to join NATO. Their decision came after the start of the Russian aggression against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u2019s meeting of the Council of Ministers, Albania agreed in principle to adopt the protocols of Finland\u2019s and Sweden\u2019s NATO membership. This is what the minister of foreign affairs, Olta Xhacka, said during a press communication outside the PM\u2019s Office. 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