It’s an insurance cover note for the period between now and their application to join NATO being accepted and being covered under Article 5.
Since they’re already NATO compliant and do joint Nordic exercises that should be a matter of, at most months.
The other items mentioned in the press releases are areas such as Cyber where, again, it should be short term until they join the relevant NATO bodies and organisations
It’s an admirable gesture of solidarity at a time of risk in Europe to reassure the public which, as they are well armed, contributes to our combined defence and does not require any increase in deployable forces - Russia being in no position to present any military threat to either whilst being embroiled in Ukraine - and probably for decades to come.
Last edited by ORAC; 12th May 2022 at 13:36.
Reason: Sp and grammar