NATO headquarters. Archive photoMOSCOW, May 16.Sweden's accession to NATO threatens to escalate in the region, said the head of the Swedish Left Party, Nushi Dadgostar. According to her, Sweden's membership in NATO could lead to the fact that the country will be drawn into an armed conflict in Ukraine. In addition, the politician believes that the Scandinavian state may be forced to participate under the auspices of the alliance in wars, from which it would prefer to abstain. Dadgostar said that by joining the alliance, Sweden may also face political pressure. nuclear weapons on Swedish soil: in her opinion, if this happens, Russia will begin to perceive Sweden as a threat, and the risk of deployment, in her opinion, is high. «/>The UK supports Finland's accession to NATO, the Foreign Minister said. In addition, Dadgostar stressed that in order to join the organization, Sweden will have to fulfill the requirements presented by Turkish President Recep Erdogan, including the cessation of support for Kurdish troops. Twitter account that members of parliament would prefer the country's independence in the military sphere, rather than membership in NATO. She believes that the government should demonstrate exactly how it will ensure the non-deployment of nuclear weapons on the country's territory, and explain how it will oppose the member countries of the alliance if one of them puts pressure on Sweden.
Sweden and Finland are already de facto members of NATO, said the German Foreign Minister NATO chief 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. *Meta activity (social networks Facebook and Instagram) is banned in Russia as extremist 290fa429127d158e661a722f01943c62.jpg» />Russia will strengthen the grouping on the border if Finland joins NATO
