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Biden backs NATO bids as Finland, Sweden vow to engage with Turkey
May 19, 2022 (AFP)
With the red-carpet pomp of a White House visit, Biden welcomed Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto days after they ...
Top US, Russian generals speak for first time since Ukraine war began: Pentagon
May 19, 2022 (AFP)
Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gerasimov, chief of the Russian General Staff, "discussed several security-related issues of concern," ac...
Why Turkey threatens to block Sweden's and Finland's NATO bids
May 18, 2022 (AFP)
Helsinki and Stockholm on Wednesday submitted a joint application to join the alliance. New members must be approved by all 30 NATO states. Here, AFP looks at w...
Finland, Sweden hand in applications to join NATO
May 18, 2022 (AFP)
"The applications you have made today are an historic step. Allies will now consider the next steps on your path to NATO," NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said, aft...
US puts full weight behind Sweden, Finland bids to join NATO
May 18, 2022 (AFP)
Hours after the two Nordic countries formally submitted their applications to enter the Atlantic alliance, President Joe Biden welcomed the move and said he wou...
Japan urges China to play 'responsible' role on Ukraine crisis
May 18, 2022 (AFP)
Japan has joined Western allies on tough sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis, while Beijing has declined to condemn Moscow's invasion. Foreign Mini...
Finland PM urges rapid ratification of NATO bid
May 18, 2022 (AFP)
She acknowledged there were "some issues that need to be solved" -- after Finland and Sweden, both fearful of Russian aggression following Moscow's invasion of ...
Rattled by Russia, Finns flock to military training
May 17, 2022 (AFP)
Finland's defence forces only have around 13,000 employed personnel but the country of 5.5 million boasts an impressive 900,000 reservists with a wartime streng...
Germany to boost military drills with Sweden, Finland amid NATO bid
May 17, 2022 (AFP)
"We will intensify our military cooperation, especially in the Baltic Sea region and through joint exercises," Scholz said amid concern for the two candidates' ...
Sweden enters 'new era' with NATO bid
May 16, 2022 (AFP)
"The government has decided to inform NATO that Sweden wants to become a member of the alliance," Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson told reporters a day after ...
Turkey 'will not say yes' to NATO membership for Sweden, Finland: Erdogan
May 16, 2022 (AFP)
"We will not say 'yes' to those (countries) who apply sanctions to Turkey to join security organisation NATO," Erdogan said. Sweden has suspended any arms sales...
Sweden, Finland NATO bid no threat to Russia but may 'trigger response': Putin
May 16, 2022 (AFP)
The expansion of NATO to Sweden and Finland poses "no direct threat for us... but the expansion of military infrastructure to these territories will certainly p...
Ankara says Finland constructive, Sweden 'provocative' in NATO talks
May 15, 2022 (AFP)
Turkey on Friday threatened to block NATO's enlargement process with the two Nordic countries, which requires the unanimous approval of the alliance's members. ...
Finland announces 'historic' NATO bid, as Sweden holds key meet
May 15, 2022 (AFP)
Less than three months after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, the move is a stunning reversal of Finland's policy on military non-alignment dating back mo...
Sweden's ruling Social Democratic Party backs NATO bid
May 15, 2022 (AFP)
The turnaround comes amid soaring political and public support in Sweden for joining the Western military alliance after Russia's February 24th invasion of Ukra...
Finland president spoke with Putin; Kremlin says ending Finnish neutrality a 'mistake'
May 14, 2022 (AFP)
"The conversation was direct and straight-forward and it was conducted without aggravations. Avoiding tensions was considered important," Niinisto was quoted as...
G7 'will never recognise' borders redrawn by Russia
May 14, 2022 (AFP)
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 but Kyiv's forces managed to push Moscow's troops back from the capital. The conflict is now well into its third month. "W...
NATO membership prospect brings relief for border Finns
May 14, 2022 (AFP)
"It makes me so angry that I would be amongst the first volunteers to go out there with a loaded gun, even though I'm not young enough to be a soldier anymore,"...
US 'working to clarify Turkey's position' on NATO enlargement: W.House
May 13, 2022 (AFP)
The idea of the two nations becoming members of the transatlantic alliance had received "broad support from NATO member countries," Psaki said. Pentagon spokesm...
NATO membership would deter conflict: Swedish review
May 13, 2022 (AFP)
"Swedish NATO membership would raise the threshold for military conflicts and thus have a deterrent effect in northern Europe," the report presented at a press ...
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