The US President said this before the bilateral meeting Sweden will make NATO stronger and shares the same values as other NATO member states. He added that they are ready for the defense alliance summit meeting next week, according to the MTI report.
According to Joe Biden, the two countries agree on almost everything regarding protecting democratic values, including security and humanitarian support for Ukraine.
On the US-Swedish bilateral relations, he highlighted action against climate change, the common position in favor of a free India and the Pacific region, and the cooperation of the two countries’ companies regarding emerging technologies, including 5G security. and 6G networks.
Ulf Kristensson thanked the US for strong support for Sweden’s NATO membership.
You can tell what Türkiye wants – but not exactly what Hungarians want
Joe Biden’s position can be assessed as a strong message to the countries that prevented Sweden from becoming a member of NATO.
After the Russian aggression against Ukraine, Sweden and Finland departed from the policy of neutrality and applied to join NATO in May 2022. Meanwhile, Finland also received the green light to join, but Sweden has not yet been able to join NATO because of its two member states. Turkey will allow Sweden to join the military alliance in return for concrete and well-defined steps (such as handing over some people residing in Sweden).
However, at such a time and on the political front, Hungary imposed on Sweden hard-to-explain conditions, such as exercising “more respect”, stopping “moral superiority”, or implementing other “confidence-building measures”.
We recently did research among Hungarians in Sweden about Hungary’s position – you can read about the findings and background to joining in their article below:
Our foreign policy writer, Chapa Kancz In his morning Facebook post He writes about: Senior officials from Turkey, Sweden and Finland will hold a trilateral meeting in Brussels on Thursday. Representatives are trying to reach an agreement on Sweden’s accession to NATO.
