Negotiations between the bloc's leaders are controversial, but there is hope to agree to provide more military assistance to Ukraine and increase joint defense spending.
The Madrid summit, taking place against the backdrop of Russia's war against Ukraine, will be a turning point for the transatlantic alliance after the failures in Afghanistan and internal strife in the era of former US President Donald Trump, who threatened to withdraw Washington from the nuclear alliance. Due to the Russian invasion in 2022, there is a steady increase in public support for the prospect of Finland and Sweden joining the Alliance. NATO leaders will call on Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to lift his summit during Tuesday's three-day summit.veto on Scandinavian countries' attempt to join military alliance, writes Reuters .
According to diplomats, talks between leaders The bloc's countries are controversial, but it is hoped to agree to provide more military assistance to Ukraine, increase joint defense spending, consolidate a new determination to overcome China's military rise and deploy more troops to help defend the Baltics.
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“We will do more to ensure that we can protect every inch of Allied territory, at any time and from any threat, “said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in his speech last week.
Although British and US officials have not complied with the Baltic request for a permanent multinational force in the region, a compromise is likely to be reached at the summit on prospective rapid reinforcements.
Germany has already stated that will provide more troops to defend Lithuania if Russia tries to seize NATO territory, and Britain is expected to do the same for Estonia, while Latvia expects Canada to promise to increase its troop presence in the region.
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Turkey's refusal to join Western sanctions against Russia and veto Scandinavian countries' accession to NATO
Erdogan's position on vetoing Scandinavia's accession to NATO proved popular in Turkey itself ahead of the June 2023 presidential election. The politician is trying to challenge the priorities of the United States and Europe, the newspaper writes. In recent weeks, he has threatened to expand military operations in northern Syria, fueled tensions with NATO member Greece, and refused to join Western sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine.
“I I think that there is almost no chance that this issue will be resolved at the summit in Madrid, “said Soner Kagaptai, an analyst from Turkey from the American think tank Washington Institute.
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It will be recalled that the President's Office recently stated that Ukraine will not take steps to join NATO due to the position of some Allies.
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