Senate USA approved joining NATO on Wednesday Sweden D Finlanda decisive step in US ratification of the accession of both countries to the Atlantic Alliance.
The Democratic-controlled upper house cast 95 votes in favor and one against.
The Senate also approved an amendment that would make all members NATO by 2024, they must spend at least 2% of their GDP on defense and 20% of their defense budget on “basic equipment, research and development.”
Instead, he rejected an amendment brought by the Republicans that wanted to prevent a compromise. NATO protect their members above authority Congress authorize the use of military force.
Ratification process for new members NATO varies from country to country: USA requires the approval of two-thirds of the Senate and the subsequent signature of the President.
Biden and Democrats
Democrat US President Joe Biden handed the accession protocol to senators on July 11 and urged them to ratify it quickly, given that both countries will be “net contributors to the alliance in terms of both capabilities and resources.”
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, also a Democrat Bob Menendeztook a similar stance on Wednesday, emphasizing at the start of the debate that US support sends a strong message in favor of freedom and collective defense.
An influential senator stressed that the current situation after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine February 24 shows “more than ever the vital role” that NATO plays for peace.
Leaders NATO agreed at the summit at the end of June in Madrid to begin the process of adopting Sweden and Finland. Both countries have temporary observer status and will become full members when 30 alliance members ratify access.
Strive to join NATO
Sweden D Finland, motivated by the Russian invasion, applied for admission on 18 May. They did so at the headquarters of the transatlantic organization in Brussels at a meeting of their ambassadors in NATO with the Allied Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg.
Turkey vetoed their entry and demanded closer cooperation against organizations classified as terrorist. Ankaraalthough he eventually reached an agreement with Sweden D Finlandin which he measured Stoltenberg and that he had fun USA
Income Sweden D Finland will allow NATO have alternative sea and air corridors in support of the Baltic States.
US Republican Senator Josh Hawley He was the only one who voted this Wednesday against his entry. “Expansion will entail new obligations for the United States,” he said, convinced that his country should not focus on Europebut in Asiato counter the growing Chinese threat.
(As reported by EFE)
Source: RPP
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