ZURICH, Jan 8 Sweden intends to join the European air defense system , an agreement on the creation of which was reached last year by NATO member countries, said Prime Minister of the Kingdom Ulf Kristersson, speaking at the conference «People and Defense».
According to local portal The Local Sweden, «Kristersson said that Sweden will join the initiative of 15 countries to create a joint missile defense, put forward at a meeting of NATO defense ministers in October, called the «European sky shield».
On Sweden should contribute to NATO with «new capabilities», including its air force and air defense, he said.
The country is also ready to contribute with ground combat units to defense, the politician said.
In October last year, Germany and 13 NATO member countries signed a declaration on the creation of a more advanced European air defense system (Air Defense), a declaration on the so-called European Sky initiative Shield («European anti-missile shield»). At the initiative of Berlin, this should help fill existing gaps in the current European air defense system.