US President Joe Biden signed a document on Tuesday confirming that the US Congress is in favor of joining Sweden and Finland in the Atlantic Alliance.
Accompanying Biden at the event were the Swedish and Finnish ambassadors to Washington, Karin Olofsdotter and Mikko Hautala, respectively, as well as other senior officials such as Vice President Kamala Harris or House Speaker Nancy. Pelosi.
Then, Joe Biden sent a letter to Harris herself, who is also the chairman of the Senate, where she notes that the fact of agreeing to the accession Sweden and Finland to the Atlantic Alliance “will not lead to an increase in the overall percentage share of the United States in the overall budgets of NATO.”
Likewise, a letter compiled by the White House emphasizes that the possible union of both countries in a military alliance “does not detract from the ability of the United States to meet or fund its military needs outside the North Atlantic.”
Finland and Sweden refused to apply for NATO membership for decades, but have changed their position as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, unleashed on February 24 by order of President Vladimir Putin.
Sweden and Finland’s access was unlocked at the Madrid summit on 29 and 30 June, to which the leaders invited both candidates, after an agreement was reached in the prelude to the meeting for Turkey to lift its veto in exchange for greater commitment by the Scandinavian countries in the fight against the Kurdish terrorist group. labor party.
On July 5, both countries took another step towards NATO membership by signing an accession protocol that would make them “de facto” members of the military alliance without formal ratification. Following this, NATO Director General Jens Stoltenberg spoke of a “historic day”.
Russia claims to have destroyed 21 US fighter jets.
Russian forces have said 21 “American mercenaries” have been killed in Ukraine in the past four weeks, according to a daily report released by the Russian Defense Ministry.
“From July 8 to August 5, as a result of strike actions by Russian troops and militias of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, the number of mercenaries in Ukraine decreased from 2,741 to 2,192 people,” military spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
Konashenkov added that among the foreign fighters killed were 21 Americans, 33 Romanians and 36 Canadians.
At the same time, the largest number of dead was recorded among Polish mercenaries, who lost, according to Russia, 99 fighters.
(According to Europe Press)
Source: RPP
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