{"id":1443045,"date":"2023-12-09T12:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1443045"},"modified":"2023-12-09T12:35:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T17:35:00","slug":"nato-aspirant-sweden-signs-deal-to-let-us-military-use-all-its-bases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/nato-aspirant-sweden-signs-deal-to-let-us-military-use-all-its-bases\/1443045\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO Aspirant Sweden Signs Deal To Let US Military Use All Its Bases"},"content":{"rendered":"

NATO Aspirant Sweden Signs Deal To Let US Military Use All Its Bases<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sweden is not even in NATO yet\u2014<\/em>amid the continuing holdup and objections from Turkey and Hungary\u2014<\/em>but that didn’t stop the US and Sweden this week from brokering a deal to let American troops have wide use of Swedish military bases for the first time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The newly inked\u00a0Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA)<\/a>\u00a0this week signals Stockholm finally and fully abandoning its\u00a0its centuries-old policy of neutrality<\/strong>, given the Pentagon has confirmed that US forces can now “operate in Sweden, including the legal status of US military personnel, access to deployment areas (and) prepositioning of military materiel.”<\/p>\n

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Defense Lloyd Austin and\u00a0Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson held a signing ceremony on Tuesday, and hailed that the deal will\u00a0“create better conditions for Sweden to be able to receive support from the United States in the event of a war or crisis<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

At a moment Sweden is still waiting anxiously for its accession into NATO to be announced, the US State Department has\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0the DCA with Sweden will “apply seamlessly before and after Sweden\u2019s accession to the NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA).”<\/strong><\/p>\n

All of this is a result of the Russia-Ukraine war, which led both Finland (who is NATO’s newest member) and neighboring Sweden to drop their non-alignment policies. As the AP reviews<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Sweden\u2019s strategically important Baltic Sea island of Gotland sits a little more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) from the Russian Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad.<\/em><\/p>\n

The United States struck a similar deal with Sweden’s western neighbor, NATO member Norway, in 2021 and is currently negotiating such an agreement with NATO members Finland and Denmark, two other Nordic countries.<\/em><\/p>\n

From the start of the war in Ukraine, the Swedish prime minister’s office has cited Russian aggression as making necessary a greater and broader readiness posture in case of a state of emergency, or even potential attack on the nation.<\/p>\n

I had a productive meeting today with Swedish Minister of Defence Jonson \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea. It\u2019s great to meet with a true partner and future NATO Ally, especially as we face significant security challenges in Europe and across the globe. https:\/\/t.co\/vCcH6hZX21<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ZNnUfxaz2Q<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III (@SecDef) December 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

This has lately even included reintroducing conscription<\/a> for Swedish civilians in the case of a national emergency.<\/p>\n

As for the new DCA, Pentagon chief Austin said it “sends a strong signal that we remain committed to addressing security challenges together.” All of this has caused Russia to enter a defensive posture regarding its Scandinavian borders, and in the region of the Baltic Sea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 12\/09\/2023 – 07:35<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/nato-aspirant-sweden-signs-deal-let-us-military-use-all-its-bases<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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