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Sweden and Finland negotiate NATO accession in Brussels

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Finnish, Swedish top diplomats and NATO envoys sign accession protocols

July 6, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde and the ambassadors of 30 NATO countries signed accession protocols for membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in an official ceremony at NATO headquarters, according to a media report. Finland and Sweden will join the alliance after the documents are ratified by […]

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Finland and Sweden confirm the intention to join NATO

May 16, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The leaders of Finland and Sweden have confirmed they intend to join Nato, signifying a historic Nordic policy shift triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that will redraw the security map of Europe. Abandoning decades of military non-alignment, the two countries’ governments will present their proposals to their respective parliaments on Monday and are […]

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Extremely Serious Crimes Against Our Society: Sweden Police on Riots in the Country, 26 Arrested

April 19, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Swedish Police Chief on Monday described the recent unrest in Sweden with great seriousness. So far 26 people have been arrested after weekend clashes between police and protesters rallying against plans by a far-right group to burn copies of the Quran. Anders Thornberg, the Swedish national police chief said, “These are extremely serious […]

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Russia sees risks of unintentional clashes with NATO in the Arctic: Russian Diplomat

April 18, 2022 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Russia is concerned about the involvement of NATO’s non-Arctic states in the alliance’s military activity in northern areas and notes risks of unintentional clashes with the alliance’ forces in the Arctic, Russian Foreign Ministry’s Ambassador-at-Large Nikolay Korchunov told media. “The internationalization of the Alliance’s military activities in high latitudes, in which non-Arctic NATO states […]

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Sweden offers fighter jet ‘Gripen’ to India at half price of Rafale

December 3, 2021 Vinayak Barot

– Vinayak Barot New Delhi: The country located in North Europe – Sweden has come forward to fulfill the demand of the Indian Air Force. The Swedish Company SAAB made a bold tender pitch in which the country is ready to provide 114 Gripen fighter aircraft to India at half the price of Rafale fighter […]