“Sweden supports the statement and joins it with other Nordic countries,” the executive said in a statement. “This is an important step and (…) demonstrates that time is not on Russia’s side.”
Swedish Conservative Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson noted that “details on how best to contribute bilaterally, with the Nordic countries and with the European Union” are being finalized and stressed that Sweden “will continue to support the ‘Ukraine and will try to meet your needs whenever necessary”.
Kristersson’s statements come after his Norwegian counterpart, Jonas Gahr Store, also announced the country’s adherence to the joint statement of support for Ukraine drawn up by the G7 – US, UK, Canada, Germany, France, Italy and Japan – – and announced on the sidelines of the recent NATO meeting held in Vilnius.
These guarantees include sending weapons, defense and information assistance, cybersecurity training and protection, and were considered by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to be something special. “unpublished” since the independence of the country.
However, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the move “wrong and potentially dangerous” because many of these safeguards could lead to “deeply negative medium, long and even short-term consequences” for the region.
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