U.S. gives Sweden and Finland security promises on road to NATO
Publicat:Sweden and Finland are starting to win assurances of help if threatened by Russia in the interim period between an expected application to join defense alliance NATO and an eventual entry under the bloc’s collective security umbrella, according to Bloomberg. The U.S. is “ready to provide various forms of security assurances” to both countries, Swedish […] The post U.S. gives Sweden and Finland security promises on road to NATO appeared first on Știri online, ultimele știri, presa online, ziar online - Sursazilei.ro .
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