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Sweden boosts defence ties with UK ahead of NATO membership decision
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], May 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Sweden strengthened its defence and security ties with Britain with a "political declaration of solidarity" on Wednesday, ahead of the country's historical decision on its NATO membership.
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South Korea joins NATO cyber defence unit, China worrisome
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 10 (ANI): South Korea joined NATO's cyber defence group on May 5, becoming the second East Asian country after Japan to join the group.
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Time for Sweden, Finland to join NATO now: Former NATO Secretary-General
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says that the time for Sweden and Finland to join the military alliance is now, while Russian President Vladimir Putin is "preoccupied" with Ukraine.
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Finnish, Swedish NATO membership to turn region into 'Theater of War': Rus
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Finland's and Sweden's possible accession into NATO would be detrimental to their security and that of Europe, Russian Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov told Sputnik.
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China accuses US of testing its 'red lines', expanding NATO in Indo-Pacifi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 7 (ANI): Accusing the US of expanding the NATO into the Indo-Pacific and "flexing its muscle on China's doorstep", Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng on Friday said that the Americans over the years have been inflaming the Taiwan question to test the country's "red
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Swedish Green Party Opposes Sweden Accession to NATO
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Sweden should refrain from joining NATO, even if Finland decides to become a member of the alliance, Swedish Green Party spokeswoman Marta Stenevi said on Saturday.
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Canada, Sweden committed to amping up EU-NATO cooperation, bilateral ties
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], May 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Canada and Sweden are committed to strengthening bilateral ties and EU-NATO cooperation, the Foreign Ministers of the two countries said at the conclusion of a meeting in Ottawa.
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Blinken reassures Sweden ahead of country's NATO application
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 5 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a telephone call with his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde discussed the US support for NATO's open-door policy, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a press release.
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Erdogan pushes limit with US, NATO; strives to mend ties with S Arabia, UA
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], May 2 (ANI): Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has recently been pushing the limit with his US and NATO allies in the war in Ukraine, while at the same time, due to the dire economic situation facing Turkey, he is trying to mend relations with oil-rich former adver
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UK Foreign Secy warns China of economic retaliation if it fails to 'play b
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 1 (ANI): Tensions between the UK and China escalated after British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned China to play by international rules or be ready to face action by the G7 group of leading global powers acting as "an economic NATO".
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NATO believes attempts to destabilize Moldova likely to continue
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Chisinau [Moldova], April 30 (ANI/Sputnik): NATO believes that there are no military risks for Moldova, but provocations to destabilize the situation in Transnistria may continue, NATO Deputy Secretary-General Mircea Geoana said on Saturday.
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NATO should protect Taiwan too: UK's Liz Truss
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 29 (ANI): Underlining the importance of the Indo-Pacific region, British foreign secretary Liz Truss has said that the UK and its partner countries need to pre-empt threats in the region to ensure that democracies like Taiwan are able to defend themselves.
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