Sweden and neighbor Finland ended their longstanding policy of military nonalignment after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden welcomed Sweden’s prime minister to the White House on Wednesday in a show of solidarity as the ahead of the alliance’s summit next week.
Biden said it was very important for Sweden to join, something that’s been held up by objections from Turkey and Hungary. NATO requires the unanimous approval of all members to expand. “You are a valued, valued friend,” the president said to Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson during brief public remarks in the Oval Office.The two leaders were also expected to discuss security cooperation, Both applied for NATO membership, seeking protection under the organization’s security umbrella. in April. But Sweden, which has avoided military alliances for more than 200 years, has been delayed.
NATO had hoped the road to Sweden’s membership would be smoothed out before the alliance’s summit July 11-12 in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Sweden’s entry would be a symbolically powerful moment and the latest indication that Russia’s war is driving countries to join the alliance. Those hopes have dimmed.
Last week, he criticized Sweden over a Quran-burning protest. Swedish police allowed the protest outside a mosque in central Stockholm, citing freedom of speech after a court overturned a ban on a similar Quran-burning.
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