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NATO chief bats for bigger defence budgets

NATO allies agreed in 2014 to move toward spending 2 per cent of their GDP on defence by 2024….reports Asian Lite News The member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

February 15, 2023

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N Korea slams NATO chief’s visit to Seoul as ‘prelude’ to war

The North’s researcher condemned Stoltenberg as the head of the military organization that turned Ukraine into a “theatre of proxy war”…reports ASian Lite News North Korea on Monday denounced a visit to

January 30, 2023

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‘Turkey may respond differently to Finland’s NATO bid’

Turkey has postponed a trilateral meeting with Sweden and Finland on their NATO bids slated to take place in February following the burning of a copy of the Quran in Sweden…reports Asian

January 30, 2023

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NATO talks with Sweden, Finland ‘meaningless’: Turkey

Turkey has postponed a trilateral meeting with Sweden and Finland on their NATO bids slated for February following the burning of a copy of the Quran in Stockholm…reports Asian Lite News It

January 27, 2023

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US says Sweden, Finland ready for NATO membership

Sweden and Finland have been jointly applying to join NATO, but Turkey has so far blocked the expansion…reports Asian Lite News The United States said on the candidacies of Sweden and Finland

January 25, 2023

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No support for NATO bid, Erdogan tells Sweden

Turkish Prez threatens no backing for Sweden’s NATO bid after Quran burning…reports Asian Lite News The Quran burning has escalated tensions between Turkey and Sweden. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned

January 23, 2023

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US urges Ankara to quickly ratify NATO’s Nordic expansion

The Biden administration bluntly said that holdout members of the alliance should quickly approve their memberships…reports Asian Lite News Washington has said it’s time for Turkey to ratify Finland and Sweden’s applications

January 20, 2023

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EU, NATO set up task force on critical infrastructure

Von der Leyen said the sabotage last September of the Nord Stream gas pipelines that run under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany showed the need to confront this new type

January 12, 2023

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NATO membership for Sweden remains far off: Turkey

On June 28, Turkey, Sweden and Finland reached a trilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU) ahead of the NATO Madrid summit….reports Asian Lite News Sweden has not taken enough “concrete steps” to extradite

December 22, 2022

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Lavrov: NATO trying to drag India into anti-Russian alliance

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov blamed the western military alliance’s enlargement for the Ukraine conflict…reports Asian Lite News Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) of trying

December 2, 2022

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