The United States reached a similar agreement with Norway in 2021 and is currently negotiating such an agreement with NATO members Finland and Denmark.
Sweden and the United States have signed a defense cooperation agreement that will give the United States access to all military bases in Sweden. ABC News reports.
The agreement was signed at the Pentagon by Swedish Defense Minister Paul Johnson and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. At the same time, Austin said that adding the capabilities of Sweden’s armed forces to NATO would strengthen the Alliance, and Jonson emphasized that the agreement would create better conditions for Sweden to receive US support. in the event of war or crisis.
The United States reached a similar agreement with Norway in 2021 and is currently negotiating such an agreement with NATO members Finland and Denmark.
Sweden and Finland decided to abandon their decades-long policy of non-alignment and apply for NATO membership after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year. Finland joined NATO in April.
We remind you that in 2022 Sweden submitted its application to join NATO. Since then, it has been ratified by all Alliance member countries except Hungary and Turkey. On October 23, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a protocol on Sweden’s accession to NATO.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Sweden has fulfilled all the conditions for obtaining full membership in the Alliance. In his opinion, the country should become a member of NATO “no later than” the meeting of foreign ministers of the Alliance scheduled for November 28-29.
Source: korrespondent
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