NATO headquarters in Brussels. File photoMOSCOW, May 13.Sweden and Finland can split NATO if they join the alliance, Adalbi Shkhagoshev, a member of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption, told RIA Novosti. the dissatisfaction of its oldest member — Turkey, not to mention the rest. Even if Finland and Sweden join NATO, this will only increase the disagreements and discontent of its other members,» Shkhagoshev said. As the parliamentarian added, Russia does not change its intentions on security guarantees , proposing to return NATO infrastructure to the 1997 borders. It is useful for NATO to deal with its differences rather than start creating new conflicts, Shkhagoshev said. src=»/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/140cdf77c5ff5df2cfe004fe9dfb9acd.jpg» />The deputy called the return of NATO to the borders of 1997 a strategic taskFinland and Sweden started talking about the possibility of abandoning long-term neutrality and joining NATO against the backdrop of the Russian military operation in Ukraine. The head of the alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, noted that the alliance would be glad to see Finland and Sweden in its ranks and provide them with the opportunity to quickly join. NATO expects these countries to make their own decisions about possible membership in the coming «months and weeks,» US Permanent Representative to NATO Julianne Smith said. She added that the United States would welcome the accession of these countries to the alliance. Russia has repeatedly noted that NATO is aimed at confrontation. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov stated that further expansion of the alliance would not bring greater security to Europe, NATO has an aggressive character. At the same time, he noted that he did not consider the possible entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO an existential threat to Russia. NATO if Turkey is against
