Russia: Swedish and Finnish NATO membership could have consequences
Russia warns of consequences if Sweden and Finland join NATO.
The issue of NATO membership has been at the top of the security policy agenda in the two countries since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
It is expected that the question of membership will be decided in the coming weeks and that applications may be submitted before the NATO summit in June.
“It is up to the authorities in Sweden and Finland to decide. But they must understand the consequences such a step will have for our bilateral relationship and the entire European security structure,” spokeswoman Maria Zakharova in the Russian Foreign Ministry stated. She did not specify what kind of consequences may follow.
Zakharova adds that NATO membership “is unlikely to strengthen their international prestige.”
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