4/3/2023 0 Comments Russian collection bostonBut (Ankara continues) to have some challenges with Sweden." Stoltenberg told the AP that following talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week he could see Turkey "is moving closer to being ready to ratify and (to) welcome Finland into the alliance. But their bids - particularly Sweden's - are being delayed by Turkey, which wants the two countries to crack down on mostly Kurdish groups Ankara regards as terrorists. The Russian attack on Ukraine has prompted Sweden and neighboring Finland to abandon decades of nonalignment and apply to join the 30-nation alliance. It would be a "tragedy for the Ukrainians if President Putin wins in Ukraine,” Stoltenberg said, and also “dangerous for all of us” because it would “send the message to all authoritarian leaders that when they use military force, they get what they want.” He said the main message from the meeting in Warsaw was that “we will provide support to Ukraine for as long as it takes.” He stressed that while NATO “is no party” to the Ukraine conflict its tasks are to “ensure that Ukraine prevails” and to “prevent this war from escalating beyond Ukraine and becoming a full-fledged war between Russia and NATO.” President Joe Biden on the region's security. Stoltenberg spoke to The Associated Press in Warsaw, following a meeting of NATO's nine eastern flank members with U.S. are under severe strain over Taiwan and other issues. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said any Chinese involvement in the Kremlin's war effort would be a "serious problem." Ties between China and the U.S. China, Russia and South Africa are holding naval drills in the Indian Ocean this week. and NATO were to blame for provoking the Kremlin. On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted the Chinese Communist Party's most senior foreign policy official - Wang Yi - raising concern in the West that Beijing might be ready to offer Moscow stronger support in the almost year-old war.Ĭhina has pointedly refused to criticize the invasion of Ukraine while echoing Moscow's claim that the U.S. security council China should not in any way support violation of the U.N. Stoltenberg said potential Chinese assistance would amount to providing “(direct) support to a blatant violation of international law, and of course (as) a member of the U.N.
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