Of crystals on the Prime Minister of the latest NATO
member Sweden has said he is open to allowing nuclear
weapons and Swedish soil in wartime in case the country
is
drawn into a military conflict.
It could potentially allow the US to station nuclear weapons
on its territory.
Sweden's parliament is set to vote on a defense cooperation
agreement with the United States in June.
It will give the United States access to military bases
in Sweden and allow the storage of military equipment and
weapons in the Nordic country.
Sweden abandoned 2 centuries of military non alignment to join
NATO in March this year.
Unlike other Nordic nations such as Finland and Norway,
Sweden has no explicit ban on accepting nuclear arms.
However, it has maintained a long standing policy against hosting
such weapons in peacetime.
Critics in Sweden have called to impose a complete ban
on nukes on its soil,
but the government has made it very clear that no
such ban will be put in place,
while, if needed, Sweden itself will host nuclear weapons.
As the Swedish Prime Minister made such statements,
Russia warned that it is prepared for the battlefield.
Earlier, Kremlin said that Russia has started preparations for missile
drills near Ukraine simulating the use of tactical nuclear weapons
in response to threats by Western officials.
In recent days, some statements by NATO leaders have raised
tensions.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk admitted that there is some
presence of NATO troops in Ukraine.
Akron has more than once insisted that he has no
objections on deploying French boots in Ukraine.
Lithuania to join the Cobra,
Sun says that is prepared to send its soldiers on
a trading mission to Ukraine.
As Russia has responded furiously,
concerns of the potential for a direct clash between NATO
and Russia are escalating.
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