Tag Archives: NATO

Vilnius, Lithuania |  Xinhua |  Turkey agreed to advance Sweden’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Monday, a day before the alliance’s summit in the Lithuanian capital, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced. Stoltenberg said at a press conference following a three-party meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip …

  Istanbul, Turkey, | Xinhua  | Turkey will support Sweden’s joining NATO if the European Union (EU) revived membership talks with Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. “First, let’s pave the way for Türkiye in the EU, then let’s pave the way for Sweden, just as the case …

Helsinki, Finland | Xinhua | Finland will officially become the 31st member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Tuesday, April 4, the Finnish president’s office said on Monday. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto and Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen will attend the accession ceremony at NATO Headquarters …

Helsinki, Finland | Xinhua | Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said on Wednesday that during his upcoming visit to Türkiye he would acknowledge reception of the Turkish response to the ratification of Finland’s NATO membership. Contact with the Turkish presidential administration has been frequent since last spring, Niinisto said, and has …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | China on Wednesday urged NATO to quit groundless speculation and smears against it on the Ukraine issue, grow out of the Cold War mentality of zero-sum game and bloc confrontation, and actually do something conducive to European and global peace and stability. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson …

Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | Ukraine, the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will jointly launch a mechanism to coordinate arms supplies to Ukraine, officials said after the first meeting of the three sides’ high-level representatives. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he discussed with Ukraine’s …

United Nations, USA | Xinhua | China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, said on Friday that NATO should contribute positively to world peace and stability, instead of merely being a troublemaker. “We urge NATO to draw lessons from history, abandon the obsolete Cold War mentality and bloc confrontation, and …

The U.S., with very important Norwegian assistance, committed the crime against a friendly, allied country, Germany, and other European countries Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua | The truth that the U.S. Navy was involved in the Nord Stream pipelines explosions last year, as discovered by American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, was …

Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) needs to “ramp up production” of ammunition as Ukraine’s rate of usage is depleting current capacities and draining stockpiles, the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday. The conflict in Ukraine “is consuming an enormous amount of ammunition and …

Berlin, Germany | Xinhua | Although Germany was criticized by its partners in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for its “late” export approval of Leopard tanks to Ukraine, the country is right not to blindly rush into more and more weapon deliveries and plays a key role in calming its western …