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The US House of Representatives passes a resolution in support of the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO

MADRID, 19 Jul.

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The US House of Representatives passes a resolution in support of the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO

MADRID, 19 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The United States House of Representatives has approved a resolution in support of the efforts of Sweden and Finland to join NATO, a vote that has resulted in a large majority of 394 votes in favor and 18 against.

According to information collected by the newspaper 'The Hill', the only votes against have come from Republicans, while two Democrats and 17 Republicans have abstained. The project, presented by both countries, supports the "historic decision" of Sweden and Finland to join NATO and asks the rest of the member countries to give their support to these efforts.

Likewise, the motion rejects any attempt by Russia to respond negatively to the Stockholm and Helsinki decision and calls on NATO members to meet the spending commitment of two percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), signed at the summit. held in 2014 in Wales.

Sweden and Finland took a further step in joining NATO on July 5 with the signing of their accession protocol, with which they become 'de facto' members of the military alliance in the absence of formal ratification. After that, the secretary general of the Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, stressed that it was "a historic day for Finland, Sweden, NATO and for Euro-Atlantic security".

The access of Sweden and Finland was unblocked at the Madrid summit on June 29 and 30, in which the leaders invited both candidates, after culminating in the prelude to the meeting an agreement for Turkey to lift its veto in exchange for a greater commitment of the Scandinavian countries in the fight against the terrorist group Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

However, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused Sweden of "not keeping its promises" and warned that Turkey could veto his and Finland's NATO membership. "We see that Sweden in particular is not keeping its promises," he said, referring to the Nordic countries' commitment to persecute PKK members who have taken refuge there.