The move is one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushed Sweden and Finland to drop their traditional of neutrality
NATO invited Sweden and Finland on Wednesday to join the military alliance in one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushed Helsinki and Stockholm to drop their traditional of neutrality.
“We will make sure we are able to protect all allies, including Finland and Sweden,” Stoltenberg said. “We are sending a strong message to Putin: ‘you will not win’,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said in a speech. Unlike Russia, whose war in Ukraine has raised serious concerns in the Baltics of an attack on NATO territory, China is not an adversary, NATO leaders said. But Stoltenberg has repeatedly called on Beijing to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow says is a “special operation”.