By Costas Raptis In the face of Turkey’s veto on Sweden and Finland joining NATO, the Western leadership was forced to choose between two contingencies, both humiliating. Either let the Atlantic Summit end without NATO enlargement, which is meant as a message of decisive solidarity with Russia, or give in to Tayyip Erdogan’s demands. The […]
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Slovakia will buy 152 Swedish tanks
Slovakia, a NATO member bordering Ukraine, will buy 152 Swedish armored vehicles worth a total of 1.6 billion euros, Defense Minister Jaroslav Nant announced today. “The government has approved a historic plan for the armed forces,” the minister said on his official Facebook page. “We will increase Slovakia’s defense capabilities and fulfill our commitments to […]
German Marshall Fund: Sweden – Finland joining NATO unlikely this year
In an interview with Le Figaro, Russia’s Heather Conley, president of the German Marshall Fund in Washington, D.C. “which” will take into account the new challenges posed by Russia and the alignment between Beijing and Moscow “, while considering the entry of Sweden and Finland into the Alliance this year unlikely. Asked whether Turkey, with […]
Sweden: Progress in NATO Talks with Turkey
LAST UPDATE: 13.04 Negotiations aimed at overcoming Turkey’s objections to Sweden’s bid to join NATO have progressed and significant progress could be made at the alliance’s summit in Madrid, Swedish Foreign Minister Lind said on Tuesday. with Reuters. “We are prepared for something positive to happen today, but it may also take longer,” Linde told […]
Finnish Ambassador to NATO: It is difficult to say how much will be needed for the accession agreement
Finland and Sweden applied for NATO membership a month ago, on 18 May. “We have a relatively quick but decisive process in Finland, as of course in our neighboring country, Sweden,” Finnish Ambassador to NATO Klaus Korhonen told APE-MPE. “We have submitted the letter of interest, the letter of application, regarding the bid and we […]
Finland: We have been preparing for a Russian attack for decades
“Finland has been preparing for a Russian attack for decades, and it will put up strong resistance if that happens,” he said. The Nordic country has built a significant arsenal. But apart from the military equipment, an important factor is that the Finns will be motivated to fight. “The most important line of defense is […]
Germany ‘certainty’ for completion of Sweden – Finland’s accession to NATO
Germany said it was “very confident” that NATO would reach an agreement on Sweden and Finland joining the Alliance, but it would not be a “disaster” if that did not happen by next week’s summit in Madrid. German government source. “How nice it would be to announce tangible steps – [άλλο τόσο] “It would not […]
Turkey – NATO: Documents submitted by Sweden ‘do not meet our expectations’
The documents sent by Sweden and Finland to Turkey regarding their NATO bids do not live up to Ankara’s expectations and its concerns must be addressed, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt ÇavuÅŸoλουlu said today. The Turkish Foreign Minister’s statements were made at a joint press conference with his Norwegian and Irish counterparts after their meetings in […]
Turkey rejects NATO invitation to tripartite talks with Sweden and Finland
Turkey has rejected a NATO invitation to hold trilateral talks with Finland and Sweden to find a solution to Ankara’s opposition to the Nordic countries’ accession to the Alliance, according to the Financial Times. According to three experts familiar with the talks, cited by the FT, Ankara requested concrete proposals from Helsinki and Stockholm before […]
Marin: Sweden, Finland join NATO’s freeze if no solution is found with Turkey
The Prime Minister of Finland today assessed that the requests of her country and Sweden to join NATO can be frozen if an agreement is not found with Turkey – which is currently blocking their candidacies – before the summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization at the end of the month. NATO enlargement must […]