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According to a report by the Russian satellite network quoted by China News Network on the 30th, Russian President Putin said that Russia's relations with Sweden and Finland do not have the same problems as Ukraine, and Russia will not block these two countries from joining NATO. At the same time, NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg said on the 29th that NATO member states have agreed to expand nato's rapid reaction force to more than 300,000 people and decided to provide more support to Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin: Russia will not block Finland and Sweden from joining NATO
According to the Russian satellite network reported on June 30, Russian President Putin said that Russia's relations with Sweden and Finland do not have the same problems as Ukraine, and Russia will not block these two countries from joining NATO.
According to reports, Putin summed up the results of the Caspian Summit and answered the question of how Finland and Sweden joined NATO on Russia's relations with the two countries, pointing out, "Sweden or Finland joining NATO is nothing that can worry Russia. ”
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Image source: Visual China
But Putin also said that if NATO deploys military infrastructure in both countries, then Russia will be forced to respond symmetrically. "It's just that we should think clearly and unequivocally that there was no threat before, and if the military and military infrastructure were deployed, we would be forced to respond symmetrically, creating the same threat in the areas that threaten us."
Putin stressed that "for Russia, Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO and Ukraine's accession to the Union are not at all the same thing." It was previously reported that Finland and Sweden originally pursued a military non-alignment policy, but formally applied to join NATO in May this year. On June 29, NATO announced in a communiqué that NATO member states had formally agreed to invite Sweden and Finland to join NATO.
Swedish Prime Minister Anderson, right, and visiting NATO Secretary-General Jen. Stoltenberg attend a press conference at Prime Minister Hapsund's Summer Manor, about 120 kilometers west of Stockholm, on June 13. Image source: Xinhua News Agency
It is worth mentioning that according to the news of CCTV News on the 30th, on June 29, local time, Russian President Putin said that there was no terrorist attack on Kremmenchug in Ukraine, and the Russian army would not attack civilian targets.
On June 27, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy posted a video on social media saying that a shopping mall in Kremynchug, Ukraine, was hit by a rocket and that there were thousands of civilians in the mall. Zelenskiy said rescuers were putting out the fire and the number of casualties was unclear. Subsequently, Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, said that according to preliminary data, Russia hit Kremmenchug with two missiles, one of which hit a shopping mall and the other hit the city's stadium.
On June 29, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova said the Ukrainian government had accused Russian forces of carrying out a missile strike on a shopping mall in the Ukrainian city of Kremynchug, a piece of false news.
NATO Secretary-General: NATO member states have agreed to expand NATO's rapid reaction force to more than 300,000 people
According to CCTV News on the 30th, from June 29 to 30 local time, the NATO summit was held in Madrid, the capital of Spain. NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg said on the 29th that NATO member states have agreed to expand nato's rapid reaction force to more than 300,000 people and decided to provide more support to Ukraine. In addition, NATO member states have formally agreed to invite Finland and Sweden to join NATO.
NATO leaders also endorsed a new strategic concept that will guide the military organization for the next decade, calling Russia the "biggest and immediate threat" to NATO.
NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg. Image source: Xinhua News Agency
In this regard, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov told the media on the same day that NATO regards Russia as a strategic security threat, "but this is not a fact, IT is NATO that poses a threat to Russia." The Russian side condemns NATO's irresponsible and undermining Policies of the European Security Architecture, and NATO's decision will not affect Russian policy. Slutzky, chairman of the International Affairs Committee of the Russian State Duma, also said that NATO's strategic concept has reached a "dead end" and that the decision of the NATO summit will endanger the security of Europe and other regions.
In addition, according to the reference news network quoted by the Russian satellite agency Brussels reported on the 30th, NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg said after the first day of the NATO Summit in Madrid that the organization could not yet disclose the specific date of Georgia's accession to NATO, but was still committed to fulfilling its previous commitments.
NATO members confirmed at the Bucharest summit in 2008 that Georgia and Ukraine have the right to NATO membership, but postponed the resolution of the issue indefinitely. In June 2021, NATO member leaders supported the two countries' right to join NATO at a summit in Brussels. They said the two countries needed to continue reforming, but did not give a specific period for the two countries to join NATO.
Stoltenberg was asked when Georgia would be able to receive an invitation and join NATO. He replied: "On the 'Open Doors' policy: we are committed to the commitments made at the Bucharest Summit. However, no specific date can be given. ”
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