Finland‘s official accession into NATO and Sweden‘s continued efforts to hitch the alliance has ended the “era of security” within the Nordic area, Russia stated early Wednesday.
NATO‘s enlargement “has ended this era, completely closing any talk about the fact that this region is full of security. These are new realities,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated in an interview with Sputnik radio.
Zakharova stated Washington, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in February, has been partaking within the “propaganda of everything that destroyed European security.”
“This has now happened to northern Europe,” Zakharova stated, additional underlining that it was the impartial standing of the Nordic international locations that had supplied a “security halo” within the area for a very long time.
Zakharova additionally stated the US’ contacts with Europe on safety points had been primarily based on “purely personal, pragmatic and opportunistic interests” that aren’t associated to the safety of Europe itself.
“When the conversation between the representatives of the US and the Europeans about security issues begins, there will be trouble,” Zakharova added.
Finland formally joined NATO on Tuesday, with Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto handing the signed accession treaty to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken throughout an official ceremony in Brussels.
Meanwhile, Sweden‘s bid to hitch the alliance relies on it fulfilling a collection of guarantees it made to Türkiye final 12 months to enhance its anti-terrorism legal guidelines, amongst different steps. Hungary additionally has but to ratify Sweden‘s bid to grow to be a NATO ally.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
