years, nearly two years tireless diplomacy.b together with the extraordinary secretary general of nato, stultenbergchieve ratification by every nato member. and again, the determination of sweden's leadership, the extraordinary diplomacy it exerted, making sure that every question was answered, every challenge was met, every obstacle was that's what brought us to today. now, some doubted we'd get here but we are here. this is built on a partnership between sweden and nato that goes back many, many years. sweden has long been an active partner with nato ally, training together. and fundamentally, the reason this is such a strong, powerful fit is because sweden embodied and promotes the core values that are at the heart of nato. democracy. liberty, the rul and it also brings unique capabilities to this enterprise. unique capabilities in the arctic, the baltic sea, andhie l contribute more than 2% of its g.d.p., to defense and continue to show the way for all nato members. back to 1949, at the sthiefng nato treaty, president truman said this, and i quote.it aggression against our own peoples, we have