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The summit to invite finland and sweden to become members, that's unprecedented quick. i think you will hardly find any other accession process with so few weeks between the application that happened in mid—may and the invitation, that will happen now. then of course, after the invitation we need the ratification process in 30 parliaments. that always take some time but i expect also that to go rather quickly because allies are ready to try to make that ratification process happen as quickly as possible. but, of course, i cannot promise anything on the author of 30 parliaments, they have to ...

Very much emphasising that change of heart that we have been seen across this summit. heart that we have been seen across this summit-— this summit. integrates sweden and finland very — this summit. integrates sweden and finland very much _ this summit. integrates sweden and finland very much in _ this summit. integrates sweden and finland very much in focus _ this summit. integrates sweden and finland very much in focus now, - finland very much in focus now, their membership is going to be happening. how quickly do you think things are going to move from here? even nato itself as said thi...

Official application comes in from sweden or finland until various parliaments have ratified this and they are officially in the nato club so that would be the point of which collective defence, this article five people talk about, the concept that an attack on one country as an attack on all of the nato members and she said if you have a quick ratification process, the idea of a great period in which russia may be tempted to launch some sort of attack can be negated so as well as trying to find agreement here, all of the relevant countries will be trying to carry out a ratification process as...

Long-term backlash, abby. the short-term one, is it's going to take eight months to a year to get both finland and sweden into nato to go through the whole ratification process. during that time, they are not covered by the nato treaty, which is an attack on one is an attack on all. so they're going to need, and they're beginning to get from britain and from the u.s., security guarantees about who would come to their defense if putin did something to them, even short of a full scale attack. and then there's the long-term concern. >> that security guarantee is at the heart of it all. is the uni...

Concept that an attack on one country as an attack on all of the nato members, she said if you have a quick ratification process, the idea of a grey period in which russia may be tempted to launch some sort of attack can be negated, so as well as trying to find agreement here, i think all of the relevant countries will be trying to figure out a ratification process as quickly as possible so lots of conversations going on today and last night they werejoined, actually, by the swedish and finnish foreign ministers for a dinner, quite a symbolic image, really, you have the two extra prospective n...