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Banners displaying the NATO logo are placed at the entrance of new NATO headquarters during the move to the new building, in Brussels, Belgium April 19, 2018. Yves Herman, Reuters Image for illustrative purpose.
It is "time" that Sweden and Finland were accepted into the NATO military alliance, NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana told a security conference in Oslo on Monday.
He added it was "inconceivable" NATO would not act if the security of the two Nordic countries were to be threatened. (Reporting by Gwladys Fouche in Oslo, editing by Terje Solsvik)