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Britain Would Help Sweden Militarily If It Was Attacked: UK Defence Minister by akanke79: 3:05pm On Mar 05, 2022
Britain would help Sweden militarily if it was attacked: UK defence minister
Sweden can count on help from the UK if we are attacked by Russia, Britain's defence secretary, Ben Wallace, has said.

The UK would definitely help Sweden if Russia were to mount an attack, British defence secretary Ben Wallace said at a joint press conference in Copenhagen, alongside Sweden’s defence minister, Peter Hultqvist, and Denmark’s defence minister Morten Bødskov.

“Sweden is part of the same family. We would stand beside Sweden and do everything we can to help, both militarily and in other ways,” Wallace said.

Hultqvist welcomed the British assurances, which he said he had been given previously in informal discussions between the ministers.

He said he was “pleased” that Wallace was now making the same statement in public. “This is a statement from the UK which we are pleased to hear,” he said. .

e have an investment programme with an 80 percent increase between 2014-2025 and are now negotiating further measures,” he told the TT newswire. “Sweden has made at least 20 agreements with other countries, including the UK and the USA, and a partnership with Nato.

“We are developing and deepening our partnership with Nato. We have tried to piece together parts of a security jigsaw in our part of Europe together with others, and if someone in our vicinity is attacked, we will all be affected.”

The countries’ defence ministers had met in Copenhagen in connection with a pre-planned training exercise as part of the British-led Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF).

During the visit, it became clear that the meeting was not just about an exercise. Material and Danish personnel will be sent to Estonia on the Danish frigate HDMS Niels Juel, escorted by the Swedish corvette HMS Karlstad, and a Swedish helicopter.


https://www.thelocal.se/20220304/britain-promises-military-assistance-if-sweden-is-attacked/
Re: Britain Would Help Sweden Militarily If It Was Attacked: UK Defence Minister by ObamaMessi: 3:23pm On Mar 05, 2022
Is Sweden a member of NATO?

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Re: Britain Would Help Sweden Militarily If It Was Attacked: UK Defence Minister by sunboy(m): 3:28pm On Mar 05, 2022
ObamaMessi:
Is Sweden a member of NATO?

Sweden and Finland are not NATO members. They declare neutrality but they are Allies of NATO, which means they both qualify for fast track admission if they choose to join the alliance.
Re: Britain Would Help Sweden Militarily If It Was Attacked: UK Defence Minister by ObamaMessi: 3:40pm On Mar 05, 2022
sunboy:


Sweden and Finland are not NATO members. They declare neutrality but they are Allies of NATO, which means they both qualify for fast track admission if they choose to join the alliance.
Thanks!
Re: Britain Would Help Sweden Militarily If It Was Attacked: UK Defence Minister by Crayfish09: 3:48pm On Mar 05, 2022
They have finished with Ukraine. They now want to put Sweden in harms way.

Forget all that sh!t about alliances. NATO would only go to war if France, Britain, or USA is attacked. If you think Western Europe would lose its allies over "friends" like Ukraine or mushroom members like Latvia, you are in for a shocker.

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Re: Britain Would Help Sweden Militarily If It Was Attacked: UK Defence Minister by seunny4lif(m): 5:08pm On Mar 05, 2022
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British military cheesy the same one that promised Ukraine heaven and earth until their Boss in White House said Ukraine war is not their war and UK took her military men in Ukraine to Poland sharply grin grin

If Sweden like make them too enter yeye trap

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Re: Britain Would Help Sweden Militarily If It Was Attacked: UK Defence Minister by Deborah98(f): 6:18pm On Mar 05, 2022
Ukraine wey dey under attack no be Country ni undecided human being and their hypocrisy eeh..it's well.

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Re: Britain Would Help Sweden Militarily If It Was Attacked: UK Defence Minister by ken6488(m): 11:17pm On Mar 05, 2022
Sweden run oo

Na so dey promisee Ukraine ooo cheesy
Re: Britain Would Help Sweden Militarily If It Was Attacked: UK Defence Minister by ken6488(m): 11:17pm On Mar 05, 2022
Crayfish09:
They have finished with Ukraine. They now want to put Sweden in harms way.

Forget all that sh!t about alliances. NATO would only go to war if France, Britain, or USA is attacked. If you think Western Europe would lose its allies over "friends" like Ukraine or mushroom members like Latvia, you are in for a shocker.
thank God you no just UK France and Germany

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