President Joe Biden, right, meets with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, July 5, 2023 (Photo: AP)
An F-16 Fighting Falcon maneuvers into a refueling position after an air-combat maneuvering sortie over Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex June 18, 2021 (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mario Calabro)
Jens Stoltenberg, centre, with Finnish foreign minister Pekka Haavisto, left, and Anne Linde, then Sweden’s foreign minister, at the launch of the countries’ bid to join Nato in July last year (Photo: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images)
Jens Stoltenberg, centre, with Finnish foreign minister Pekka Haavisto, left, and Anne Linde, then Sweden’s foreign minister, at the launch of the countries’ bid to join Nato in July last year (Photo: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images)
This picture shows an effigy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dangling by his legs from a rope near the Stockholm City Hall, Sweden (Photo: Swedish solidarity committee for Rojava)