The announced candidacy of Finland and Sweden to NATO is proof that “aggression does not pay”, assured Sunday the Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg. “It would be a historic moment” if the two Nordic countries officially asked to join NATO, he said following an informal meeting of the organization’s foreign ministers in Berlin. “Their membership would strengthen our common security, would demonstrate that NATO’s door is open and that aggression does not pay,” he added.
The Secretary General of NATO said he was “confident” in the possibility for the member countries of the Alliance to find a compromise with Turkey which has no intention, according to him, of blocking the accession of Finland and Sweden. “I am confident that we will be able to find common ground, a consensus on how to move forward on issues of membership” in the Alliance, he assured at the end. of an informal meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Berlin. He added that Turkey, which had shown its hostility to such a membership, had “clearly indicated its intention not to block” the entry of the two Nordic countries.
Ukraine “can win” the war once morest Russia, which “is not going” as Moscow had planned, also estimated Jens Stoltenberg “Its major offensive in the Donbass is at a standstill, Russia is not reaching its strategic objectives”, he judged following an informal meeting of NATO foreign ministers, assuring that kyiv “can win” this war.