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In applying to join NATO and having to stomach the alliance's views on security and defense, Sweden seems to have abandoned both decades of non-alignment and a firm commitment to the non-proliferation of nuclear arms, as it previously sought to “diminish the role of nuclear weapons in security policies and doctrines”.
Sweden has sparked controversy among its citizens by accepting, in a letter asking to be admitted to NATO, the “essential role of nuclear weapons” in the alliance's approach to defense, having previously been a staunch member of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
In a letter to NATO's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on 5 July and only now published by broadcaster SVT, Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde formally confirmed her government’s “interest in receiving an invitation for Sweden to enter the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949”.
“Sweden accepts NATO's approach to security and defense, including the essential role of nuclear weapons,” Linde wrote. She also promised her country would “fully participate in NATO's military structure and collective defense planning processes,” pledging “forces and capabilities for the full range of NATO missions.”
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