Europe and the US stand united ahead of Alaska meeting: Swedish PM
- US President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska on Friday evening Swedish time, to discuss the war in Ukraine.
- Ahead of the meeting, European leaders including Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson have met with US leaders online, and stressed the importance of Ukraine negotiating its own future.
- According to Ulf Kristersson, the US and Europe have never before been this united on Ukraine: “How the war in Ukraine ends will be decisive for security in our part of the world for at least a generation to come,” he said.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: More soldiers, more money. Canada’s top soldier extols benefits of spending boost, CBC News
Denmark: Denmark to expand Arctic surveillance with purchase of long-range drones, Reuters
Greenland: Europeans step up Arctic diplomacy amid U.S. and global pressure, Eye on the Arctic
Finland: Finland hails plan for allies to join NATO land forces in North, The Independent Barents Observer
Iceland: Europe’s Von der Leyen strengthens Arctic security ties with Iceland during visit, Eye on the Arctic
Norway: Amid Norway’s celebration of Svalbard Treaty comes another verbal attack from Moscow, Reuters
Russia: Russian pilots learn to target long-range drones in Barents Sea combat drill, The Associated Press
Sweden: Nordic-Baltic region joins forces around Sweden’s CV90, The Independent Barents Observer
United States: Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine is latest chapter in Alaska’s long history-and tension-with Russia, The Associated Press
