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Swedish Prime Minister on historic decision: 'The best thing for the Swedish people is to join NATO' | Abroad | DR The final decision to send an application to NATO is expected to be taken at an extraordinary meeting of the government. Sweden, the Social Democrats, support a Swedish application to join the defense alliance. The party announces this after a meeting where an application has discussed.- The best thing for Sweden's security and the Swedish people is to join, says party leader and Magdalena Andersson at a press conference after the meeting.- We believe that Sweden needs the formal security guarantees that come with a membership. the Swedish will do away with .- The military freedom of alliance has served us well, but it will not serve us well in the future, says Magdalena Andersson.- If Sweden were to become the only country in the Baltic Sea region outside, we would end up in a vulnerable position The military freedom of alliance has served us well, but it will not serve us well in the future. Magdalena Andersson, Prime Minister of Sweden One of the party states that Sweden in its application ing will write that the country is against having nuclear weapons or foreign military bases on Swedish territory. Magdalena Andersson says that even if Sweden becomes a member of, the country may well continue to work for. She also says that Sweden's security will be vulnerable during the application process. Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, however, has said that guarantees can be established at this stage. © Ritzau Scanpix All European countries can apply for membership of NATO if they can live up to the requirements and principles that apply to the defense alliance. , that a country must be able to make soldiers, fighter jets or other military contributions available for NATO operations as well as be stable democracies, where it is the elected politicians who have control over their armed forces.When a country applies for membership, there is a longer process in progress. All member states must agree that a country must be admitted before it can happen. The Social Democrats are Sweden's, and there is now a majority in Stockholm to apply for admission. The final decision to send an application is expected to be taken at a meeting in the coming week.An application has become topical after Russia's attack on Ukraine on February 24. It has prompted the two otherwise neutral countries Finland and Sweden to urgently launch a process of joining. Swedish application may be on its way within a few days. Finland and the President have announced that they want Finland to apply to become a member of, and on Monday Finland's will make the formal decision. In advance, the 30 countries have positive to take over the two Scandinavian countries.However, with the exception of Turkey, which is unhappy that the two countries, according to Turkey, house Kurdish terrorist organizations.But Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, said earlier today during a meeting of foreign ministers in B erlin that he is now in dialogue with Turkey.He expects things to work out./ritzau/Reuters