Norway, Denmark and Iceland, in a joint statement, emphasize that they are ready to support Finland and Swedenthe two countries wishing to join NATO in the event of an attack.
“Together with Denmark and Iceland, Norway is ready to assist its Scandinavian neighbors with all necessary means if they are attacked on their territory before joining NATO,” he said. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gar Stere.
The same assurance was given by the Prime Minister Denmark Mete Frederiksen saying that if the two countries are attacked “we will help Finland and Sweden by all necessary means”. “We are immediately starting preparations to implement these security guarantees,” he added.
Only NATO members, not the candidate countries, can benefit from the “protection umbrella” of the Pact, which has prompted Stockholm and Helsinki to seek security guarantees from many countries. Norway, Denmark and Iceland are all three members of NATO.
Moreover, its president France Emanuel Macron expressed its full support for Sweden’s decision to join NATO, as announced by the Elysee Palace. The French president had also welcomed a similar statement made by Finland on 12 May on the same subject.
Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov described the candidacy of Sweden and Finland as a “serious mistake”, while the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov He said that this development “will neither strengthen nor improve the security architecture on our continent”.
With the accession of Sweden, the Baltic Sea will be transformed into the “NATO Sea” – except for the territorial waters of Russia in the pocket of Kaliningrad and St. Petersburg.
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