The Russian president Vladimir Putin He said today that Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO was not a “threat” in itself, but that Moscow would react to an expansion of military infrastructure in those countries as the two Nordic countries move closer to joining the North Atlantic Alliance.
“Such an enlargement of NATO is not an immediate threat (…) but the development of military infrastructure in the territories of these countries will of course lead to a response,” the Russian president told the CSTO summit.
Stockholm: Yes to membership, no to the establishment of military bases
Meanwhile, a few hours ago, the Swedish Social Democratic Party gave the green light for the country to join NATO, but will express reservations about the installation of foreign military bases and nuclear weapons on its territory.
At the same time, six out of ten Swedes are in favor of abandoning neutrality.
Earlier, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peshkovsaid Russia closely monitors Finland and Sweden’s NATO bids.
Peshkov said he was convinced that under no circumstances would the two Scandinavian states join the North Atlantic Alliance, which would enhance Europe’s security architecture, according to Reuters.
“We have no territorial disputes with Finland or Sweden. “Ukraine’s possible accession, however, could provoke a territorial dispute between Russia and an Alliance member,” Peshkov said.
While Ukraine could possibly join NATO, then Russia would have a territorial dispute with one member state of the alliance, which poses enormous dangers for the entire continent.
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