Lithuania wants to ratify the protocol of accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO as a matter of urgency
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The procedure for the ratification of the NATO protocol of Finland and Sweden is being carried out in Lithuania as a matter of urgency.
On Tuesday, the ambassadors and permanent representatives of 30 NATO countries will sign the protocols of the Alliance and Finland’s accession to the Alliance, and the ratification documents in Lithuania will immediately begin to be coordinated between the ministries.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has prepared them and sent them to other institutions with a letter. It is very urgent.
Inga erniuk, chancellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, let us indicate that the ratification of the accession protocol is intended to be considered during an extraordinary session of the Seimas, comments are requested to be submitted as a matter of extreme urgency by 2022. July 7 10 a.m.
According to preliminary data, the Government can consider the issues already on Thursday.
Nevertheless, Lithuania will not be the first to ratify the NATO accession protocol of Finland and Sweden. The Estonian Parliament will do so on Tuesday.
According to the prepared documents, the Cabinet of Ministers will appeal to the President of Lithuania with a request to submit to the Seimas for ratification the protocols of the Transatlantic Treaty signed in Brussels on July 5 regarding the accession of Finland and Sweden.
Regarding the document, the Seimas is going to hold an extraordinary session next week.
The accession protocols will enter into force when all NATO member states have notified the US government of their acceptance.
after the accession protocol enters into force, the Secretary General of the Alliance will send formal invitations to the governments of Finland and Sweden to join the treaty on behalf of the parties to the treaty.
Finland will become a leading member of NATO on the day of depositing its instrument of accession with the US government, according to an explanatory document prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Finland, which was neutral, is leading a request to join a defensive alliance with Russia over Ukraine.
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