Sweden and Finland will submit their respective applications for NATO membership tomorrow, Wednesday, said today the Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson.
“In Sweden and Finland we also agree to go hand in hand through this whole process and we will submit the application together tomorrow“, said in a press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in the Swedish capital.
Solts: A historic step for NATO – They can count on our support
Chancellor Olaf Solz welcomed the request of Sweden and Finland to join NATO as “historic step for the Defense Alliance and for Europe “and assured that in case of reaction of Russia before the accession process is completed, “both countries can count on our support”.
In a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Liechtenstein Daniel Rees, Mr. Solz stressed that he has pointed out “explicitly and deliberately” that Germany, Sweden and Finland are already obliged to each other through the UN and mainly “Especially in this very special situation, they can rely on us,” he said, adding that NATO’s military co-operation must now be strengthened through joint exercises in the Baltic Sea. Sweden and Finland, the chancellor said, were responding to a call for Russian aggression against Ukraine and a corresponding “dramatic change” in the security situation in Europe. “Now the two countries will exercise the right to freely choose their alliance,” Olaf Solz said, reiterating that Germany would work to ensure that the accession process will move very fast.
Liechtenstein Prime Minister Daniel Rees, for his part, said his country had already “frozen” assets worth about 260 million Swiss francs as part of sanctions against Russia, and was working with Western partners to cover property cases. except Liechtenstein. Chancellor Soltz praised the fact that Liechtenstein is implementing sanctions, as decided by the EU.
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