Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 27Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson refused to convene a defense committee over the situation in Ukraine, as she considered it a «secondary issue», according to the Euractiv news portal. The Defense Committee — it is a forum where the government and representatives of parliamentary parties discuss security and defense policy. The congress of the committee, according to the portal, is perceived as a powerful political statement.
"Swedish Prime Minister Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson refused to convene a defense committee … because of the situation with Ukraine, despite the calls of a number of opposition parties. She called the current topic of discussion a "minor issue", the portal said.
The right-wing opposition parties are reported to believe that a committee should be convened to conduct a new analysis of the security situation. The leader of the Christian Democrats, Ebba Bush, noted that the new convocation of the committee would help to make the necessary amendments to the defense policy plan outlined in 2020 for the period from 2021 to 2025. Recently, the United States and Western countries have accused Russia of allegedly strengthening «aggressive actions» on the border with Ukraine. Moscow denies the unsubstantiated allegations, saying that no one should be interested in how Russia moves troops within its territory, has no plans to invade Ukraine, and has never threatened the Ukrainian people. The Russian Federation emphasizes that claims of Moscow's «aggression» are being used as an excuse to place more NATO military infrastructure near Russian borders. in Ukraine