Final meeting between Sweden and Turkey before big NATO summit
- Later this afternoon Sweden’s PM Kristersson will meet with Turkey’s President Erdogan to discuss Sweden’s NATO membership bid.
- In Vilnius, ahead of the big NATO summit tomorrow, Swedish Radio news reporter Jan Andersson is following the latest developments.
- He says that Turkey’s latest demand of EU membership negotiations came as a surprise.
For more on what to expect at the NATO Vilnius Summit, listen to Radio Sweden’s full report.
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
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
