A tour de force for Ukraine: That's what the NATO summit is all about
Created: 2022-06-28Updated: 2022-06-28, 8:27 p.m
US President Joe Biden (l) is received by Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid.
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First the EU, then the G7 and now finally a meeting of the NATO heads of state and government: in Madrid it is also about rearmament in view of the Ukraine war.
Madrid - It is a historic feat for the defense of Ukraine: after the EU and the G7, NATO also wants to respond to Russia's war of aggression with all military and financial strength at a summit on Wednesday and Thursday.
At the third summit meeting within a week, the western alliance is planning a deterrent on its eastern border through rearmament in the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin's aggression.
After the G7 summit in Elmau, Bavaria, Chancellor Scholz, US President Joe Biden and their colleagues from France, Great Britain, Italy and Canada traveled on to Madrid, where they attended a reception hosted by Spain's King Felipe on the eve of the NATO summit for a gala -Dinner were loaded.
The forthcoming deliberations of the 30 allies in Madrid are also influenced by the Russian rocket attack on a shopping center in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on Monday.
This is what the two-day NATO summit in Madrid is all about:
Dispute over the northern extension
Until shortly before the summit began, it was unclear how the dispute with Turkey over the admission of Finland and Sweden could be resolved.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson in Madrid ahead of the summit.
The deliberations were suspended for a break after three hours in the evening.
According to Finnish media, a document is in the works that addresses Turkey's concerns about terrorism and the issue of arms exports.
Turkey is blocking the admission of Finland and Sweden, which must be decided unanimously.
She argues that both countries support "terrorist organizations" such as the banned Kurdish Workers' Party PKK and the Syrian Kurdish militia YPG - which both countries deny.
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Drastic increase in the rapid reaction force
In view of the Russian aggression, NATO wants to increase the number of its rapid reaction forces from around 40,000 to more than 300,000.
The Allies want to discuss this conversion of the previous NATO intervention force NRF.
She's been on alert for months.
The transformation is part of a new force model across the Alliance.
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