WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden greets Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at the White House on Wednesday (Jul 5) to discuss Sweden's stalled bid to join NATO and Western support for Ukraine ahead of the military alliance's summit next week. The Oval Office meeting kicks off a string of diplomatic events
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden greets Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at the White House on Wednesday to discuss Sweden's stalled bid to join NATO and Western support for Ukraine ahead of the military alliance's summit next week.
Finland and Sweden both dropped their official neutrality to request NATO entry in response to Russia's 2022 invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. Biden sees the bloc's expansion and its mammoth efforts to arm and support Ukraine's forces as a strategic defeat for Moscow - and his own biggest diplomatic achievement.
Biden and Kristersson will reiterate"their view that Sweden should join NATO as soon as possible", the White House said in a statement.
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