Russia warns Finland and Sweden: your adherence to the NATO would behave “serious political-military repercussions” what would they require “an answer” by Moscow.
This has been stated by a Foreign Ministry spokesperson of Russia, Maria Zajarova, at a press conference, after both Nordic countries expressed their support for the Ukrainian Government against the Russian invasion and were invited to participate in the Alliance’s extraordinary summit as observers, since right now they are not members.
“Finland and Sweden should not base their own safety on harm to the safety of others countries”, Zajarova declared in comments collected by ‘Newsweek’. “It is clear that the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, which is above all a military alliance, would have serious political-military repercussions that would require a response of our country,” he warned.
The Finnish Prime Minister sanna marinhad pointed out on Thursday that the Russian invasion of Ukraine “would change the direction of the debate” on accession of your country to NATO. In addition, in the last few hours, the Ukrainian Prime Minister, Volodimir Zelensky, has thanked Sweden and Ukraine for military, technical and humanitarian aid that they have sent.
Faced with this threat, the head of European diplomacy, Joseph Borrellhas recalled that “all member states are free to choose its foreign policy and its policy of alliances”. However, when asked by the press, Borrell has avoided making a more specific statement about Zajárova’s words.
For his part, also the Spanish Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Albares, has pointed out “only the members and NATO can decide who are its members or not”. “Nobody outside can tell us who can be a member“, has settled.
Source: Lasexta
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