The American president immediately realized his mistake and made fun of himself: “Switzerland… Oh my God… I really miss the enlargement of NATO” and, addressing the laughing journalists, clarified the obvious, that he was talking about “Sweden”.
In his press conference after the NATO summit in Madrid, Biden referred to the steps taken before the historic enlargement of the Alliance, with the accession of Finland and Sweden. One of these steps was the visit of Finnish President Sauli Niinisto to the White House.
While in the Oval Office, the Finnish president “suggested that we call the Swiss leader,” Biden recalled.
The American president immediately realized his mistake and made fun of himself: “Switzerland… Oh my God… I really miss the enlargement of NATO” and, addressing the laughing journalists, clarified the obvious, that he was talking about “Sweden”.
The accession of the two Nordic countries, which have historically been militarily neutral, is a very important development for NATO. However, the accession of Switzerland, a country that has become synonymous with neutrality, would be a sci-fi scenario, even though the country recently adopted European sanctions against Russia and will be a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the next two years. .
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