The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) announced that the accession protocols of Finland and Sweden will be signed by member states this Tuesday (5), at the headquarters of the military alliance in Brussels.
After the signing, which is planned to be held at around 11.30 am local time, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will hold a joint press conference with Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto and Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde.
Leaders of member states formalized the invitation to Helsinki and Stockholm on 29 June, after Turkey withdrew its objections to the entry of two Scandinavian countries it accuses of harboring Kurdish separatists.
Ankara has announced that it will seek extradition for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and 33 members of the group accused of participating in the failed 2016 coup, 21 in Sweden and 12 in Finland.
Helsinki and Stockholm maintained a historic policy of military neutrality between the West and Russia, but abandoned this strategy after the invasion of Ukraine.
The war waged by Vladimir Putin’s regime has increased fears of attacks on other European countries that are not currently part of NATO, such as Ukraine.
Moscow, on the other hand, said Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership did not pose a threat in itself, but made it clear that its response would depend on the alliance’s military presence in those countries.
source: Noticias
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