{"id":1964941,"date":"2023-07-05T18:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T22:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-meets-swedens-prime-minister-at-white-house-to-back-nordic-countrys-bid-to-join-nato\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T18:16:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T22:16:18","slug":"biden-meets-swedens-prime-minister-at-white-house-to-back-nordic-countrys-bid-to-join-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-meets-swedens-prime-minister-at-white-house-to-back-nordic-countrys-bid-to-join-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden supports Sweden&#8217;s NATO membership bid, meets PM at White House."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-meets-swedens-prime-minister-at-white-house-to-back-nordic-countrys-bid-to-join-nato%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1964941&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0705\/6c5d2d25-0f51-4eb9-885d-97184bf2864a\/audio.mp3?length=3978189&#038;duration=331\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden warmly welcomed Sweden\u2019s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to the White House on July 5th, expressing strong support for Sweden&#8217;s NATO membership ahead of the alliance&#8217;s historic summit next week.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden, citing increased security concerns following Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine last year, has been eager to join NATO. However, Hungary and Turkey have been the main opponents to Sweden&#8217;s application.<\/p>\n<p>During their meeting, President Biden referred to Sweden as a &#8220;valued friend and partner&#8221; and emphasized the importance of its entrance into the military alliance.<\/p>\n<p>This bilateral meeting marked the first time the two leaders met in the White House since President Biden took office.<\/p>\n<p>Both leaders will be participating in the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania&#8217;s capital, next week. The summit, scheduled for July 11th-12th, will bring together heads of state, military officials, and diplomats from all 31 member nations of the alliance.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Kristersson expressed gratitude for the invitation to Washington and Sweden&#8217;s &#8220;high appreciation&#8221; for President Biden&#8217;s support for NATO membership.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s summit in Vilnius is considered a critical moment, with some experts calling it the most significant gathering since the Cold War or even NATO&#8217;s founding in 1949. The member countries are expected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-meets-swedens-prime-minister-at-white-house-to-back-nordic-countrys-bid-to-join-nato\/\" title=\"Biden supports Sweden's NATO membership bid, meets PM at White House.\">address pressing global security challenges<\/a>, particularly the increasing threats from Russia and China.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Does Sweden Face Opposition?<\/h3>\n<p>NATO decisions require consensus among all member states.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary has recently decided to delay the ratification of Sweden&#8217;s accession bid until its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-host-swedens-prime-minister-at-white-house-as-nordic-country-struggles-to-join-nato\/\" title=\"Biden invites Sweden's PM to White House amid NATO aspirations.\">autumn legislative session<\/a>. Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s government accuses Swedish politicians of spreading &#8220;blatant lies&#8221; about the state of Hungarian democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey is also withholding approval of Sweden&#8217;s request, citing unresolved security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that Sweden should not expect to join the alliance anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish government accuses Sweden of being too accommodating towards certain groups, including militant Kurdish groups and individuals linked to a 2016 coup attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden&#8217;s recent Quran-burning protests have further angered Turkey. While Sweden&#8217;s leaders have condemned the act, such protests are protected under the country&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-international-bad-guys-thrilled-to-have-biden-in-office-this-year\/\" title=\"6 International Bad Guys Thrilled to Have Biden in Office This Year\">free speech laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whether Sweden&#8217;s membership in NATO will be a burden or a benefit, in terms of strategic and security assessment, is now more than ever open to debate,&#8221; said Turkey&#8217;s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan during a press conference on July 4th.<\/p>\n<p>Top diplomats from Turkey and Sweden are expected to meet at NATO&#8217;s headquarters in Brussels on July 6th to address their differences.<\/p>\n<h3>A Crucial Moment<\/h3>\n<p>Sweden&#8217;s potential accession to NATO would mark a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kamala-makes-woke-joke-at-naval-commencement-she-thinks-its-hysterical-they-dont\/\" title=\"WATCH: Kamala Makes Woke Joke At Naval Commencement. She Thinks It\u2019s Hysterical. They Don\u2019t.\">significant turning point<\/a> for the country, which has avoided military alliances for over two centuries.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Prime Minister Kristersson expressed Sweden&#8217;s desire to join NATO either before or during the July summit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden welcomed Sweden\u2019s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to the White House, expressing support for Sweden&#8217;s NATO membership ahead of the upcoming summit. Sweden, concerned about security after Russia&#8217;s invasion, has expressed a strong desire to join the military alliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":531,"featured_media":1964942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1964941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/531"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1964941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1964942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}