(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jong-seok Yoon = Canada became the first NATO member country to ratify a plan to join Finland and Sweden, Reuters reported on the 5th (local time).
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Canada’s ratification came quickly after ambassadors from 30 NATO member states signed the two countries’ accession protocol at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on the same day.
On that day, NATO member countries unanimously signed the NATO accession protocol, but the accession process is completed only after ratification by the parliaments of all member countries.
Normally, the ratification process in member states was expected to take six to eight months, but in Canada it took less than a day.
Canada’s House of Representatives unanimously approved the two countries’ ratification of NATO accession last month before taking a break for summer vacation.
The Canadian government took the administrative procedure today based on an earlier vote in Parliament.
Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie has reconfirmed with opposition parties to agree to ratification ahead of the administrative process, a foreign ministry spokeswoman said.
Finland and Sweden already have access to NATO meetings and access to NATO information, but they cannot fully enjoy their status as NATO members, including joint defense, until they have all member states ratified.
NATO is a military alliance that jointly responds if one of its member countries is invaded from outside.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said: “Canada is confident that Finland and Sweden can be quickly and efficiently integrated into NATO and contribute to the collective defense of the alliance.”
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