In her weekly meeting with the press, the Russian official assessed that all member states of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), including Finland and Sweden, should have as a principle that “the security of some states should not be built at the expense of the safety of others”.
Zakharova’s words came just after NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg revealed that he had invited Finland and Sweden, which are not NATO members, to attend an emergency virtual alliance summit on Friday. the situation in Ukraine.
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin had declared before Parliament that the country was ready to apply for NATO membership if its national security was threatened.
“Finland and Sweden should not base their own security on harm to the security of other countries,” Zajárova insisted, according to the Europa Press and Sputnik news agencies.
The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, thanked Sweden for the military, technical and humanitarian aid provided, all in the midst of the Russian attack on his former republic and in the midst of the debate on a possible expansion of NATO.
Russia rejects NATO’s expansion to its borders and demands that Ukraine not enter the Atlantic Alliance, one of the points of conflict with the former Soviet republic.
Source: Ambito
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