OTTAWA — Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia arrived in Ottawa on Tuesday morning and were welcomed at Rideau Hall by a small crowd of onlookers waving Swedish flags.

Chief Justice Richard Wagner and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand were part of the Canadian delegation receiving the royal couple, who are making a three-day state visit that includes stops in the national capital and Montreal.

“Our nations share a close and friendly partnership grounded in common values and mutual respect,” the king said in a short speech outside Rideau Hall.

He noted Canada was the first country to ratify Sweden’s application to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Sweden became the alliance’s newest member early last year, breaking its long-standing neutrality in response to Russ

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