American forces and nuclear weapons were opened to Sweden!
report Mehr News Agency, according to Rashatoudi, lawmakers in Stockholm have recently approved a controversial defense agreement with Washington that enables American forces to be present at 17 military bases and training camps in Sweden. Critics believe that this agreement does not explicitly mention the ban on the transfer of US-used weapons to Sweden, and this is a worrying issue.
The defense cooperation agreement was signed in December last year between Paul Johnson and Lloyd Austin, the defense ministers of Sweden and the United States, respectively, but it needed parliamentary approval to become effective. Members of the Swedish Parliament almost unanimously agreed to this agreement yesterday (266 votes in favor, 37 against and 46 abstentions).
Leftist parties and greens have criticized this agreement and emphasized that it should be explicitly stipulated that Sweden will not host American nuclear weapons.
Emma Berginger, a member of the Swedish Parliament from the Green Party, pointed out that the agreement “does not close the door on nuclear weapons” and said: “We want to see a law that prohibits the entry of nuclear weapons.” It prohibits to enter Sweden.
Swedish Peace and Consolidation Union, which is a non-profit anti-war organization, has criticized this action and stated that the agreement has increased tensions and security risks against Sweden. increases.
Kristin Bergha, the head of this group, wrote in an article: Unlike the Norwegian and Danish defense cooperation agreements, the Swedish defense treaty does not include any clause against nuclear weapons. The constitution of Finland, which joined NATO in 2022, prohibits the deployment of nuclear weapons on the country’s soil, and this issue is also mentioned in the defense cooperation agreement signed with the United States.
Stockholm, which has been a member of NATO since March, allows US troops, armored and non-armored vehicles, and aircraft and fighters unrestricted movement throughout Sweden. has given Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of the Kremlin, has emphasized that the multiplicity of waves of nano expansion in Europe will reduce the security of this continent. He emphasized: Moscow does not have a territorial or border dispute with Sweden and Finland, and without a doubt, NATO’s military infrastructure will be deployed in the territory of these two countries, and this issue has consequences for their own security.
