US Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to visit Sweden, Norway and Finland between May 29 and June 2, the State Department announced on Friday, to deepen cooperation in the field of national security and economic issues, in the context of the war Russia in Ukraine continues to intensify.
In Sweden, Monday through Wednesday, Blinken and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo will chair the fourth meeting of the US-EU Trade and Technology Council, which focuses on global clean technology, holding Russia, on supporting Ukraine and increasing trade cooperation, the department stated in a statement.
Blinken will attend a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Oslo, Norway, on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss preparations for the group’s July summit in Lithuania, the statement added.
From there, he will head to Finland to meet with the leaders of NATO’s newest member, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin and Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, the State Department said.
Blinken will give a speech in Helsinki on Friday, the department said, “to emphasize all the ways in which Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has been a strategic failure and our continued efforts to support the defense of Ukraine’s territory, sovereignty and democracy in pursuit of a just peace.” and durable”.
Finland formally joined NATO in April, in a historic policy shift prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Sweden’s request was delayed by NATO members Turkey and Hungary.
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