HELSINKI, March 31 — After decades of staying out of military alliances, Finland and neighbouring Sweden announced bids to join Nato in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...
HELSINKI, March 31 — After decades of staying out of military alliances, Finland and neighbouring Sweden announced bids to join Nato in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year.
Sweden adopted an official policy of neutrality at the end of the 19th-century Napoleonic wars, which was amended to one of military non-alignment following the end of the Cold War.The Nordic neighbours were originally adamant they wanted to join the alliance together, agreeing to submit their applications at the same time.
But Ankara has repeatedly butted heads with Stockholm, saying its demands have remained unfulfilled, particularly for the extradition of Turkish citizens that Turkey wants to prosecute for “terrorism”. But after the Cold War, it drastically slashed defence spending, turning its military focus toward peacekeeping operations.
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