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NATO summit boosted by deal to advance Sweden’s bid to join alliance

As part of the deal, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would ask Turkey’s parliament to approve Sweden joining NATO as Western leaders try to demonstrate unity in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden will meet Zelensky at Nato summit in Lithuania as war with Russia rages on

Meeting comes as Biden expressed doubts about possible Ukraine membership in Nato

The Independent UK

Turkey agrees to support Sweden’s Nato application

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan agreed to set aside his veto following last-ditch talks on the eve of the Nato summit in Vilnius, Lithuania

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A key NATO summit starts Tuesday. Here's what's at stake

The war in Ukraine will be top of mind when leaders from North America and Europe meet in Lithuania. So will the makeup of the alliance itself, as Ukraine continues pushing for membership.

WEKU

OPINION - The Standard View: If Ukraine is offered a Nato membership fudge, it must be one that enhances its security

President Joe Biden touched down at Stansted yesterday evening ahead of tea with the King and a meeting with the Prime Minister. The visit takes place before he heads to Lithuania for the Nato summit.

Evening Standard

NATO membership of Ukraine, Sweden in focus at Vilnius summit

NATO leaders will meet in Lithuania to discuss Russia’s aggression and overcome differences over the bloc’s enlargement.

Al Jazeera

Joe Biden meets the King at Windsor Castle as flying UK visit nears end

The US president is making a layover in London on the way to the Nato summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.

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NATO leaders gather in bid to bolster support for Ukraine

VILNIUS: Western leaders gather in Lithuania's capital on Monday to demonstrate solidarity with Ukraine amid rare glimmers of disunity over Washington's controversial decision to supply cluster bombs to Kyiv.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine, Sweden and spending: what's coming up at NATO summit

BRUSSELS: NATO leaders meet in Lithuania on Tuesday for a summit set to be dominated by the alliance's response to Russia's war on Ukraine and Kyiv's push for membership.

Bangkok Post

Why is NATO expanding its reach to the Asia-Pacific region?

Since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, NATO meetings and summits have been receiving significantly more attention compared to previous years. And there are several big-ticket items on the agenda at the upcoming summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, which begins on Tuesday.

The Conversation

NATO unity to be tested at Vilnius summit, Ukraine entry biggest challenge

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues with no end in sight, NATO's much-celebrated unity faces fresh strains when leaders gather for their annual summit this week in Vilnius, Lithuania.

France 24

NATO unity will be tested at upcoming summit. Ukraine’s possible entry may be the biggest challenge

Some members prefer allowing Ukraine into the alliance as a stand against Russia. Others fear admitting Ukraine could be seen as a provocation that could enlarge the conflict.

Chicago Sun-Times

Nato balances Ukraine focus with Indo-Pacific interest

Chris Hipkins joins a Nato summit focused on the Ukraine war – but looking to the Indo-Pacific for shared security challenges.

Newsroom.co.nz

Biden begins three-nation tour with UK visit before NATO summit

US President Joe Biden visits UK before heading to Lithuania for a NATO summit focused on the conflict in Ukraine.

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Biden met King Charles before heading to a NATO leaders summit in Lithuania

President Biden is in Europe this week. He first talked climate change with King Charles. Then he's meeting NATO leaders in Vilnius, Lithuania to talk about the war in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Sunak to urge Nato allies to up defence spending amid ‘unprecedented’ challenges

The Prime Minister will host US president Joe Biden in London before meeting world leaders in Lithuania.

AAP

Albanese bound for Europe and talks on Ukraine, economy

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will leave Perth for Germany and Lithuania as European leaders seek Indo-Pacific views on global security and war in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

NATO summit host Lithuania is a small country with a loud voice, especially when it comes to Russia

One of the smallest members of NATO is preparing to hold one of the most important summits in the alliance’s 74-year history

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Stoltenberg 'confident Ukraine will move closer to NATO' at Vilnius summit

On the eve of next week's NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told FRANCE 24 he was confident an agreement could be forged to bring Ukraine closer to NATO. In addition to providing practical support and creating a Ukraine-NATO council, he said that a text was…

Daily Mirror

Zelensky to attend crunch NATO summit in Vilnius as Ukraine-Russia war grinds on

The Ukrainian leader is due to attend the meeting in the Lithuanian capital, alongside Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, US President Joe Biden and French Premier Emmanuel Macron

Newsroom.co.nz

The small state battling Chinese coercion

After a political spat, China figuratively wiped Lithuania off the map - but the small European nation held firm.

The Hindu

What are the risks faced by Zaporizhzhya, the nuclear power plant in a war zone?

In June, a Lithuania-based NGO named the Bellona Foundation published a report, authored by its nuclear advisor, Dmitry Gorchakov, analysing the risks associated with the hostilities around, near, or at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant based on the facility’s design, safety measures, and the local weather.

The National (Scotland)

US President Joe Biden to meet King and Prime Minister during July visit to UK

Joe Biden will meet the King and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak when he visits the UK before heading to Lithuania and Finland in an overseas trip from…

Evening Standard

Joe Biden to meet with King and Rishi Sunak on UK visit this month to ‘strengthen close relationship’

US president will meet with the King at Windsor Castle on July 10

Bangkok Post

Is Germany Europe's new defining military power?

As pundits and Western officials speculated wildly this week on what the apparent exile of the Wagner Group and its chief Yevgeniy Prighozin to Belarus might mean, Germany announced it would move to base 4,000 troops -- an entire combat brigade -- in neighbouring Lithuania.

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