Nordic countries can’t keep taking on a disproportionate share of supporting Ukraine, Sweden’s foreign minister warned in an interview with POLITICO.
”A few countries take almost all of the burden,” Maria Malmer Stenergard said on her way into a gathering of foreign ministers in Brussels. ”That is not fair and it’s not sustainable in the long run.”
She added: ”The fact that the Nordic countries, with less than 30 million people, we provide for one-third of the military support that the NATO countries, with almost 1 billion people, provide this year … This is not sustainable. […]
Stenergard called out those leaders who strike pro-Ukraine positions in speeches but fail to back up their rhetoric with cash: ”If you choose to go to your constituency and give all these kinds of speeches saying that Ukraine is not only for their freedom, but also for ours, then you also have to help the nation,” she said. Läs artikel