🇩🇪🇸🇪🇫🇮⚡The head of the #German Foreign Ministry actually admitted that Sweden and Finland, who announced their plans to join NATO, have actually become part of the alliance for a long time: "They are already members of NATO without formal membership."

 Since 2014, #Finland and #Sweden have been participating in the #NATO Interoperability Initiative of partner countries, are involved in exercises and some NATO operations, being part of the Alliance Response Force (NRF).  #Helsinki also has a memorandum allowing logistical support to be provided to Allied forces "during exercises or in times of crisis".