Sweden has received concrete promises from the United Kingdom and the United States about protection during an application process to NATO, several sources state with insight into the Government Offices’ work.
It is about increased military presence, in-depth military exercises and “strong political” support from NATO countries.
Statements that Sweden will not be protected or receive support during a possible application process play into Russia’s hands, says a government source.
A source told the newspaper that the US Deputy Secretary of Defense “made it clear that US security guarantees do not apply during the application process, but only apply in full membership”.
This is rejected by Aftonbladet’s sources with insight into the conversations.
Aftonbladet has spoken to several sources with deep insight into the preparatory work for a possible NATO application and the picture that emerges is that Sweden would in no way stand alone before a possible application was approved.
– The government has received information from, among others, the USA and the UK about what the protection and support can look like during a possible application process, says a government source.
The source states that the Government Offices are carrying out the same analysis as the former ambassador Krister Bringéus has expressed, that in practice Sweden will be treated as a full-fledged NATO member shortly after a declaration of interest.
Another transparent source indicates that NATO countries such as the United States, under the rules of the Defense Alliance, Article 8 of the Washington Treaty, are prevented from expressing any formal guarantees of protection to non-members.
A distinction must be made between defense guarantees and security-promoting measures. The guarantees, you get that when the ratification process is finished at the end of the year. But de facto, it is a strong strengthening of our security already from the time we have decided in Sweden, the source says.
Two sources with transparency point out that there are explicit security promises from several countries, and special emphasis is placed on promises of increased military naval presence from the UK.
– It is about strong political support from NATO countries, in-depth exercise activities, increased NATO presence in the Baltic Sea region, in-depth intelligence cooperation and expert support to identify and counter hybrid threats, cyber threats and conventional threats, says a government source.
Did the same in Ukraine, left the country the moment they knew Russia will invade, is that suppose to reassure Sweden ?
So, basically just more veiled US power grab in Europe.
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Translated:
Sweden has received concrete promises from the United Kingdom and the United States about protection during an application process to NATO, several sources state with insight into the Government Offices’ work.
It is about increased military presence, in-depth military exercises and “strong political” support from NATO countries.
Statements that Sweden will not be protected or receive support during a possible application process play into Russia’s hands, says a government source.
A source told the newspaper that the US Deputy Secretary of Defense “made it clear that US security guarantees do not apply during the application process, but only apply in full membership”.
This is rejected by Aftonbladet’s sources with insight into the conversations.
Aftonbladet has spoken to several sources with deep insight into the preparatory work for a possible NATO application and the picture that emerges is that Sweden would in no way stand alone before a possible application was approved.
– The government has received information from, among others, the USA and the UK about what the protection and support can look like during a possible application process, says a government source.
The source states that the Government Offices are carrying out the same analysis as the former ambassador Krister Bringéus has expressed, that in practice Sweden will be treated as a full-fledged NATO member shortly after a declaration of interest.
Another transparent source indicates that NATO countries such as the United States, under the rules of the Defense Alliance, Article 8 of the Washington Treaty, are prevented from expressing any formal guarantees of protection to non-members.
A distinction must be made between defense guarantees and security-promoting measures. The guarantees, you get that when the ratification process is finished at the end of the year. But de facto, it is a strong strengthening of our security already from the time we have decided in Sweden, the source says.
Two sources with transparency point out that there are explicit security promises from several countries, and special emphasis is placed on promises of increased military naval presence from the UK.
– It is about strong political support from NATO countries, in-depth exercise activities, increased NATO presence in the Baltic Sea region, in-depth intelligence cooperation and expert support to identify and counter hybrid threats, cyber threats and conventional threats, says a government source.
Did the same in Ukraine, left the country the moment they knew Russia will invade, is that suppose to reassure Sweden ?
So, basically just more veiled US power grab in Europe.
Yeay! Happy swede here!!
Vikings!!