Finland-Sweden formally request to join NATO today despite Russian threats

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Today the Finland and Sweden expected to file formal request for NATO membershipwhile Turkey seems to insist on the veto.

In fact, yesterday the North Atlantic Council of NATO met at the level of ambassadors, in order to examine the signing of the accession protocol of the two Nordic countries as soon as possible.

Although NATO member states are ready to welcome Finland and Sweden into the Alliance, Turkey insists that accession processes cannot begin today because has not yet received answers regarding its security concerns.

For their part, the 29 NATO member states are in favor of one summary accession process for the two Nordic countries, with the aim of signing the protocol by mid-June, so that they can participate as observers in the NATO summit at the end of June.

But for that to happen, Turkey will have to talk to the two countries concerned to find a solution within two weeks, which they will have to change their attitude towards the Syrian Kurds and the PKKwith the lifting of the arms embargo export embargo.

However, it is not ruled out that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may ask for compensation from other NATO member states, or even the EU itself.

It is noted that yesterday the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO was likely to “not make much of a difference” as the two countries had long been involved in the Alliance’s military exercises.

«Finland and Sweden, as well as other neutral countries, have been participating in NATO military exercises for many years. NATO calculates their territory when planning a military expansion to the east. Let’s see how their territory will be used in practice within the framework of the North Atlantic Alliance“, Said Lavrov.

«Enemy statesDescribed in the meantime Western countries, including the United States, the representative of the Russian presidency Dmitry Peshkov, claiming that they are conducting a “hybrid war»Against Russia.

«The hybrid war is what is happening right now, what we are facingHe said. «It is not limited to US and British advisers who tell armed Ukrainian ‘nationalists’ what to do and who provide them with information and so on. No. It is a diplomatic war and a political war. There are attempts to isolate us in the world It’s an economic warThe Russian official stressed.

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