COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, June 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden predicted on Thursday Sweden will join NATO “soon”, speaking at the U.S. Air Force Academy days after he hinted at a possible deal to overcome Turkey’s opposition to admitting
French President Emmanuel Macron said at a security conference in the Slovakian capital on Wednesday that his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin had jolted NATO awake by invading Ukraine last year. Macron also called on the West to offer Ukraine
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that it was time for NATO to invite Ukraine to join the Western military alliance, repeating a much-heard plea from Kyiv for fast-track membership. Speaking at a joint news conference in Kyiv with NATO Secretary-General Jens
Polish President Andrzej Duda (C-R) and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda together with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska stand during an official welcoming ceremony in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw on April 5, 2023. © Wojtek
The national flags of the NATO member countries fly outside the organisation headquarters in Brussels on April 3, 2023. © Kenzo Tribouillard, AFP Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday, in a historic strategic shift provoked by Moscow’s war
Turkey’s parliament on Thursday ratified Finland’s application to join NATO, lifting the last hurdle in the way of the Nordic country’s long-delayed accession into the Western military alliance. All 276 lawmakers present voted in favour of Finland’s bid, days after Hungary’s
Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is en route to visit Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on March 29, 2023. © Frederik Dahl, AFP Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is expected to visit
Henri Vanhanen, Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, spoke to FRANCE 24’s François Picard about Finland’s NATO bid, as Turkey and Hungary agree to ratify Finland’s membership, saying it “doesn’t feel complete without Sweden”. Issued on: 17/03/2023