LIVE VIDEO: Biden And NATO Applicants Hold Presser

The Guardian reports:

NATO is on the cusp of adding two new members to the mutual defense alliance and Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson of Sweden and President Sauli Niinistö of Finland are meeting Joe Biden at the White House to discuss the security of Europe.

The two Nordic nations say they’ve been forced into the decision by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Biden is backing the move, tweeting yesterday that: “I strongly support the historic application.”

But Turkey is saying it doesn’t approve, and could yet derail or delay the process. We’ll hear from the three leaders in the Rose Garden shortly, before Biden hops on Air Force One to Anchorage, Alaska, en route to Seoul and meetings in the coming days with leaders of South Korea and Japan.

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