Sweden wants to join the North Atlantic Alliance ahead of the NATO summit in Lithuania in July. This was expressed by the Swedish Minister for European Affairs, Jessica Rosvall, in an interview with a Spanish newspaper. La Razon.
“Sweden will continue its efforts to join NATO until the Vilnius summit in July,” he said. The Minister also stressed that Finland’s accession to NATO improves Sweden’s security.
According to Rosvall, Sweden has good relations with Hungary, which has not yet approved Stockholm’s application to join the alliance. “We cooperate in many areas, including defense. The discussion about EU and NATO funds are two different discussions,” he said, answering the question that Hungary used the issue of Sweden’s membership in NATO to lobby for its interests in allocating money from European funds to Budapest.
The previous day, Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin hoped He said Sweden would join NATO before the summit in Vilnius in July.
At the same time, the Russian Ambassador to Budapest, Yevgeny Stanislavov, believes that Hungary can achieve this. to delay Sweden’s admission to NATO due to Finland’s actions.
Swedish Radio previously will not attend In NATO until at least September. According to Sveriges radio, it is unlikely that Turkish lawmakers will discuss the issue of Sweden’s accession to the alliance before the summer vacation, which runs from June to September.