Hopes for Swedish Nato breakthrough next week
- Sweden’s PM Ulf Kristersson and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet on Monday to discuss Sweden’s Nato application.
- Jan Hallenberg, senior research advisor at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, is optimistic that there may be a breakthrough in the drawn-out application process in the coming days.
- “The most important thing is to get both leaders of Hungary and Turkey to say yes…” he told Radio Sweden.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: Northern premiers say Canada can’t have Arctic security without infrastructure, The Canadian Press
China: Satellite imagery reveals construction progress on new Chinese Antarctic base, Eye on the Arctic
Denmark: Danish policy prioritizes low-conflict Arctic amidst Russian tensions, Eye on the Arctic
Finland: Trial fence on Finland-Russia border nears completion, Lapland phase next, Yle news
Greenland: Growing focus on Arctic puts Greenland at higher risk of cyber attacks: assessment, Eye on the Arctic
Iceland: Iceland authorizes U.S. submarine service visits, Eye on the Arct
Norway: NATO scrambled to meet Russian bombers, aircraft north of carrier strike group, The Independent Barents Observer
Russia: Russia kicks off strategic aviation exercise over the Barents Sea ahead of next week’s NATO Summit, The Independent Barents Observer
Sweden: US bombers land in northern Sweden for first time, Radio Sweden
United States: First U.S. deep water port for the Arctic to host cruise ships, military, Eye on the Arctic
