No Signs of Russian Threat to Sweden, Finland: NATO Deputy Chief

No Signs of Russian Threat to Sweden, Finland: NATO Deputy Chief
NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana speaks to the media as he arrives for a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Berlin on May 15, 2022. Michele Tantussi/Reuters
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark—NATO’s deputy chief sees no immediate military threat to Sweden and Finland from Russia and is confident that the aspiring NATO members will join the alliance despite Turkey’s objections, he told the Copenhagen Democracy Summit on Friday.

Finland and Sweden applied to join NATO last month in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but face opposition from Turkey, which accuses them of supporting and harboring Kurdish fighters and other groups it deems terrorists.