Tag: NATO
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Turkey’s Erdogan Sends Sweden’s NATO Bid to Parliament for Ratification
[ad_1] President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey on Monday signed and sent to Parliament a measure approving Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance, according to a brief statement from his office. It was not immediately clear why Mr. Erdogan, who had refused to officially endorse Sweden’s NATO bid for many months, suddenly decided…
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Ukraine’s Zelensky Makes Surprise Visit to NATO HQ in Brussels
[ad_1] President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine made a surprise visit to NATO headquarters on Wednesday, as top defense officials representing members of the military alliance gathered to consider how many more weapons — and for how much longer — the West can give Ukraine in its war against Russia. Mr. Zelensky’s appearance at the meeting…
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NATO bolsters forces in Kosovo as US urges Serbia to withdraw from border – POLITICO
[ad_1] NATO said on Friday it is increasing its peacekeeping presence in northern Kosovo as a result of escalating tensions with neighboring Serbia, as the U.S. called on Serbia to withdraw a military buildup on the border with Kosovo. The heightening of tensions comes after about 30 heavily armed Serbs stormed the northern Kosovo village…
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Erdogan Says Turkey’s Parliament Will Ratify Sweden’s Entry into NATO if the U.S. Sells Turkey Fighter Jets
[ad_1] President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said in comments reported on Tuesday that Turkey would approve Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance if the United States went ahead with a sale of F-16 fighter jets and related technology to Turkey. “If they keep their own promises, our parliament will keep the promise…
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Ukraine-Russia war: Kyiv claim attack by Putin’s drones hit Nato territory denied by Romania
[ad_1] Pskov Airfield: Sky glows orange during largest drone strike on Russian territory since war began For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Romania has “firmly” denied Kyiv’s claims that Russian drones detonated on its…
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Germany U-turns on commitment to meet NATO spending target annually – POLITICO
[ad_1] BERLIN — So much for Olaf Scholz’s Zeitenwende. The German government on Wednesday stepped back at the last minute from making a legal commitment to meeting NATO’s target of spending 2 percent of GDP on defense on an annual basis, according to Reuters and German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. A government official told the news…
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War Hawks’ Drive to Expand NATO into Asia May Destroy Western Military Alliance
[ad_1] Yves here. I am posting this interview because we regularly feature the Michael Hudson/Radhika Desai Geopolitical Economy Report videos and NATO has become an important topic. But I have to say I stopped cold in my tracks when I read Pepe Escobar arguing that Russia was warming relations to set itself up as a…
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NATO – Escalates Nuclear War
[ad_1] What has come out of this NATO meeting is the West is escalating the war with Russia. They are expanding the “sharing” of nuclear weapons at the request of Poland, which has always been rejected previously. This means that any nation with F35 and F16 will have available to them nuclear weapons. This is…
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Ukraine’s future is in NATO, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan says
[ad_1] Following the announcement, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tweeted that he had come to the summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, hoping NATO would be an organization that “does not hesitate, does not waste time and does not look back at any aggressor … is that too much to expect?” On Wednesday, the Ukrainian leader walked back his…
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Boris Johnson says NATO ‘vacillation’ on Ukraine will embolden Putin – POLITICO
[ad_1] LONDON — NATO “vacillating” over Ukraine’s admission to the alliance risks pushing it “back into the orbit of Moscow,” former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson charged Friday. Johnson — a vocal supporter of Ukraine who was ousted from office last year after a host of scandals — accused the organization of ignoring the lessons…