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NATO currently has 31 members. The newest edition, Finland, was approved earlier this year. Sweden's bid to join is being discussed at the NATO summit in Lithuania.
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NATO currently has 31 members. The newest edition, Finland, was approved earlier this year. Sweden's bid to join is being discussed at the NATO summit in Lithuania.
John Sullivan, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, joined CBS News to break down the high-level talks happening at the NATO summit this week and what world leaders are hoping to accomplish.
President Biden is in Lithuania Tuesday for this year's NATO summit, which comes as the alliance's 31 members debate whether to offer membership to Ukraine, and after Turkey agreed to Sweden's NATO bid. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins "CBS Mornings" from Vilnius, Lithuania, for a closer look at the summit.
President Biden is at the annual NATO summit in Lithuania where he will meet with other leaders in the world's biggest security alliance. On the eve of the summit, Turkey's president agreed to let Sweden join membership in the NATO alliance. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more.
As President Biden and America's closest allies notch a win for NATO solidarity, Ukraine's leader says Russia will see "uncertainty" and "weakness."
NATO leaders have been promising to unveil a new path to membership for Ukraine, but President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not satisfied with what he has been hearing. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has the latest from the NATO summit in Lithuania.
Putin is "not going to outlast Ukraine, and the sooner he ends this war of aggression, the better," Blinken said.
Sweden is one step closer to joining NATO. Turkish President Erdogan has agreed to forward Sweden's application to his parliament for approval, clearing a key roadblock. George Beebe, director of grand strategy at the Quincy Institute, joins CBS News to discuss the importance of the move.
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President Biden has arrived in Lithuania to attend the NATO summit on the heels of news from the group's secretary general that Turkey will back Sweden's entry into the alliance. It was one of the top issues to be discussed among the leaders meeting in Vilnius this week, as the war in Ukraine continues. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reports from London.
President Biden is in Lithuania to attend the NATO summit, after commenting it would be "premature" to allow Ukraine to join the organization while in the middle of a war. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reports.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says Turkey has agreed to back Sweden's bid to join NATO. Stoltenberg tweeted earlier that an agreement was reached to advance Sweden's accession protocol to Turkey's Grand National Assembly and "ensure ratification." CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more.
The announcement came hours after Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a surprise move, said that European Union should first consider his country's admission to the EU.
President Biden met with King Charles Monday for the first time since the king's coronation in May. It comes ahead of the high-stakes NATO summit in Lithuania this week. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang and Nigel Fletcher, political historian at King's College London, have more on the president's visit to Europe.
Biden sat down with King Charles for the first time since his coronation, but meetings with NATO allies seeking cohesion on Ukraine are the real work.
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The alliance's unity may be newly tested as divisions over the type of assurances made to Ukraine regarding its future membership become starker.
As President Biden prepares to head to Europe for the NATO summit in Lithuania later this week, Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware tells "Face the Nation" that although Ukraine has applied to join NATO "we can't admit Ukraine to NATO right now" amid the war with Russia.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, binds the U.S. together with its allies in Europe with a promise to defend each other if they come under attack. And those European allies also work together to intercept Russian aircraft approaching NATO airspace. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams was on board a NATO aircraft as it carried out a patrol and has more.
With Russia's Vladimir Putin holding territory in Ukraine, America's Baltic allies are having "nightmares" about NATO unity - and American leadership.
The U.S. and its allies backing Ukraine are shifting from "crisis mode to a campaign mode," with Washington warning there will be no "easy sprint to the finish line."
President Biden will hold a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday. They'll discuss the upcoming NATO summit in Lithuania as the alliance begins its largest-ever air exercise, which is expected to last until June 23. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has more.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country is ready to join NATO as he arrived at a summit of European leaders in Moldova Thursday. And as the war in Ukraine continues, the U.S. announced it will send another $300 million worth of military aid to Kyiv. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta has more.
Ukraine and Russia have both relied heavily on weaponized drones since Russia's invasion, though Ukraine has publicly denied involvement in drone attacks within Russia's borders. The U.S. says it's told the Ukrainians that American weapons must not be used to launch attacks inside Russia, apparently fearing an escalation. CBS News foreign correspondent Holly Williams is following the latest from London.
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