Ex-President Ukraine kept back from the NATO meeting in Lithuania The previous Ukrainian president was kept from passing on Ukraine to partake in a gathering of a NATO body in Lithuania, his party’s parliamentary group has said. Petro Poroshenko was halted two times at a line crossing with Poland while on the way to a … Read more
Foreign fighters and commercial military organizations pose a severe security threat to Libya, particularly Russia’s Wagner Group, which has broken international law. Experts also accused seven Libyan armed groups of consistently employing unlawful imprisonment to punish perceived opponents. It was despite international and domestic civil rights rule barring torture. “Migrants have been especially susceptible to … Read more
Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkish Foreign Minister, stated that Turkey wants Sweden and Finland to take tangible actions and cease “supporting terrorist organisations” in exchange for Ankara’s lifting of objections to the two nations’ NATO membership. “Both countries need to take concrete steps. Our expectation is not something impossible. They have to stop supporting terrorism if they … Read more
Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto expressed confidence that “sooner or later, Finland and Sweden will be members of NATO,” and that talks with the Turkish government will continue despite Ankara’s threats to prevent the two countries from joining the defensive alliance. In an interview with CNN in Washington, DC on Friday, Haavisto said he expected … Read more
Romania and Poland hope Sweden and Finland will be able to join NATO despite Turkey’s reluctance, the country’s foreign ministers said Friday during a visit to Ankara. Stockholm and Helsinki submitted their bids to join NATO last week, reversing decades of military non-alignment, after political and public support for membership soared following Russia’s invasion of … Read more
Retired NATO general: Putin got 9 months to win the war before Ukraine becomes powerful Ukraine has battled courageously and driven the Russians back from the northern urban communities of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv as of late, however, its counteroffensive has not been supported in light of the fact that Ukrainian powers need time … Read more
Finnish PM, Sanna Marin, met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv after touring Bucha and Irpin. According to Ukraine’s prime minister, Finland’s leader vowed to assist in the reconstruction of towns and infrastructure. In response to Russian aggression in eastern Europe, Finland formally submitted its application to join NATO. Mr Zelenskyy said after the conference … Read more
Russian forces threatened to encircle a key eastern Ukrainian city, On Wednesday, saying the West must lift sanctions over its invasion to end a global food crisis. According to Ukrainian officials, fierce fighting has reached the outskirts of the industrial hub of Severodonetsk, which has been relentlessly bombarded by Russian forces attempting to seize control … Read more
Ukraine’s top diplomat, Dmytro Kuleba, accused NATO on Wednesday of “doing literally nothing” in the face of Russia’s invasion while praising the EU for its “revolutionary” decisions to support Kyiv. “NATO as an alliance, as an institution, has been completely sidelined and is doing nothing. I’m sorry to say this, but “Kuleba stated this at … Read more
Turkey on Wednesday, said the NATO accession process for Sweden and Finland would not move forward unless they addressed Ankara’s security concerns, In talks with delegations from both Nordic countries “We conveyed our message in very clear terms that the process will not move forward unless Turkey’s security concerns are addressed through concrete steps and … Read more
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace On Wednesday urged Moscow to do the “right thing” and release grain stranded in Ukrainian ports as a result of Russia’s military campaign. Moscow has stated that if international sanctions imposed on Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine are lifted, it will allow food corridors in Ukraine and avoid a … Read more
On Monday evening, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced an impending military incursion into northern Syria to construct a 30-kilometer-deep safe zone along the southern border. Turkey’s effort is expected to concentrate on areas where the country is most vulnerable to cross-border assaults. Erdogan, however, did not go into greater information. The Turkish military has … Read more
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany said during a visit to South Africa that some countries’ support for Russia’s offensive in Ukraine is “wrong.” “There have been several countries that have voted in favor of Russia.” “That is unacceptable,” Scholz said during a joint press conference in Pretoria with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. South Africa … Read more
Finland and Sweden will send teams to Ankara on Wednesday to try to overcome Turkey resistance to their NATO membership bids, according to Pekka Haavisto, Finland’s foreign minister. “We are sending our delegations to visit Ankara, actually both Sweden and Finland. This will happen tomorrow, so the dialogue is continuing,” during a panel discussion at … Read more
NATO secretary to address Turkey’s issues with Finland and Sweden joining Last week, Finland and Sweden presented their bid to enlist in the Nato military partnership – a move incited by Russia’s intrusion of Ukraine. In any case, it’s something Turkey goes against, with its chief Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying the two Nordic countries shouldn’t … Read more
Turkey is ready for energy cooperation with Israel,After years of hostility, reviving a project to pipe Israeli gas to Europe as Ankara seeks to reduce its reliance on Russia. The plan, however, faces Israeli scepticism due to previous diplomatic tensions and appears to be a pipe dream in the eyes of experts due to its logistical … Read more
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan reminds NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that they will not be welcomed into the alliance, until Sweden and Finland cooperate in the fight against terrorism and other concerns. Erdogan backed NATO’s open door policy, according to a presidential statement. Following the call, Mr. Stoltenberg tweeted that all allies’ security concerns must … Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey would not look “positively” on Sweden and Finland’s NATO bids unless its terror-related concerns were addressed, Despite widespread support from other allies, including the United States, Turkey has long accused Nordic countries, particularly Sweden, of harbouring outlawed Kurdish militants as well as supporters of Fethullah … Read more
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Sweden could not expect Turkey to accept its NATO request unless “terrorists” return and that Swedish and Finnish officials should not visit Turkey to persuade it to support their NATO ambitions. Earlier this month, Finland and Sweden formally requested to join NATO, pushed on by Russia’s invasion of … Read more
After nearly three months of desperate fighting, Ukraine ordered its surviving troops locked up in Mariupol’s beleaguered Azovstal steelworks to lay down their rifles. Russia has been accused of war crimes, including a deadly strike on a maternity hospital, for levelling the important port city, and Ukraine has began a reckoning for seized Russian troops. … Read more
After a break caused by Covid, the world’s political and corporate elite will congregate in Davos next week, with the Ukraine conflict poised to dominate the exclusive Swiss mountain summit. Since the World Economic Forum last met in person at the ski resort in January 2020, the world has changed dramatically. At the time, the … Read more
US claims Finland and Sweden are expected to join NATO in few months The US minister to NATO has said Sweden and Finland could “probably” join NATO in the “following two or three months”. Addressing this evening, Julianne Smith said the guard union had invited the uses of Sweden and Finland and accepted the nations … Read more
German Chancellor believes Sweden and Finland will quickly join NATO German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said he is “certain” that Sweden and Finland will join NATO. Talking at a news meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Mr Scholz said that Germany invited the Nordic nations’ NATO offers and communicated certainty that they would be … Read more
Finland aims to prevent overreactions by being flexible regarding joint exercises with NATO following its official application to join the alliance, as well as bringing in any new military equipment on its soil, according to Finnish President Sauli Niinisto. Finland and Russia share a 1,300-kilometer (810-mile) border and a tense history. Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine … Read more
Finland’s President, Sauli Niinisto, says his country is willing to discuss any reservations Turkey may have about its NATO membership application in an “open and constructive manner.” Niinisto made the statements at the White House during a joint press conference with US Vice President Joe Biden and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson.
Croatian President Zoran Milanovic said Wednesday that he intends to order Ambassador Mario Nobilo, the country’s permanent envoy to NATO, to prevent Finland and Sweden from joining the decades-old military alliance. Milanovic told reporters that refusing consent would draw attention away from the challenges confronting ethnic Croats in neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croat legislators tend … Read more
Germany will send the Czech Republic 15 Leopard 2 A4 tanks in compensation for military equipment it supplied Ukraine, the Czech defence minister announced on Wednesday. Prague will also start talks on the purchase of another 50 Leopard 2 A7+ tanks, ministry spokesman Jakub Fajnor said in a statement. “The German side appreciates the extent … Read more
Turkey has expressed strong opposition to Finland and Sweden joining NATO, but many believe the matter can be resolved through compromises and pressure on Ankara. Helsinki and Stockholm on Wednesday submitted a joint application to join the alliance. New members must be approved by all 30 NATO states. Turkey, which joined NATO in 1952, can … Read more
