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Russia warned NATO on April 15 that if Sweden and Finland joined the U.S.-led military alliance there would be "negative consequences" for European security.
There will be negative consequences for European security if Sweden and Finland join NATO, Russia’s Foreign Ministry warned Friday.. She made the comment after a visit Wednesday to Sweden, which is considering abandoning decades of military neutrality and applying for NATO membership. “Why our Finnish and Swedish neighbors in the Baltic region should turn into a new frontier of confrontation between the NATO bloc and Russia is unclear,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. “The negative consequences for peace and stability in northern Europe are obvious.”“But they should also understand the consequences of such a step for our bilateral relations and the European security architecture as a whole, which is now in a state of crisis,” Zakharova added.
Dmitry Medvedev, an ally of President Vladimir Putin who serves as deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, said Thursday that, to “balance” military capability in the Baltic region. Finland shares an 830-mile land border with Russia. A key tenet of NATO is Article 5 of the alliance treaty, which says that an armed attack on one member will be viewed as an attack on all, triggering an obligation for mutual defense.Advertisement
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