The “strong support” of the USA in the requests of Finland and Sweden for their accession to the NATO said Joe Biden.
The American president stressed that the Washington will work hard, in cooperation with the two Nordic countries and NATO, to join the Alliance and strengthen its forces, but also security in the wider region of Europe.
During the period when the requests of the two countries will be considered, “the USA will work with Finland and Sweden “They will be vigilant against any threat to our common security and to discourage and counter any attack or threat of attack,” the US government said in a statement.
The Democratic President, to receive Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto at the White House tomorrowhe also states that he “looks forward” to working with Congress “and with our allies in NATO” so that the two countries can quickly join “the most stable defense alliance in history.”
Earlier in the day, Sweden and Finland applied for NATO membership, but Turkey, which has a veto, like all other North Atlantic Treaty countries, is threatening to block enlargement. The candidacy of the two Nordic countries was enthusiastically accepted by the other member states, with the exception of Ankara.
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