Lithuanian President urges Sweden and Finland to hurry

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda urged Sweden and Finland to apply for NATO membership as soon as possible. FT writes about it.

In his opinion, the accession of these countries to the Alliance will help strengthen security in the Baltics and improve the position of the organization as a whole.

The accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO will improve the security situation in the Baltic region. We will be able to better control the Baltic region from a military point of view. But it will also strengthen NATO as an organization, he said.

At the same time, Nauseda rejected Russia's threats to increase its military presence in the Baltic region and deploy nuclear weapons. According to him, Moscow kept it in the Kaliningrad region for many years.

The accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO will improve the security situation in the Baltic region. We will be able to better control and control the Baltic region from a military point of view. But it will also strengthen NATO as an organization, he said.

Both countries intend to join the Alliance next summer.