WEBVTT 01:17.650 --> 01:18.650 Yeah , 01:44.279 --> 01:46.610 real pleasure to be here in Oslo for 01:46.620 --> 01:48.819 the informal meeting of foreign 01:48.830 --> 01:51.650 ministers for me as a Swedish Foreign 01:51.660 --> 01:53.604 Minister . Of course , the obvious 01:53.604 --> 01:55.549 thing to talk about is the Swedish 01:55.549 --> 01:59.209 accession to . And I expect today to be 01:59.220 --> 02:01.620 able to deliver the clear message to 02:01.629 --> 02:04.209 the whole alliance . But Sweden has 02:04.220 --> 02:06.331 fulfilled all the commitments that we 02:06.331 --> 02:09.669 undertook at the Madrid summit last 02:09.679 --> 02:12.229 year including the new terrorism 02:12.240 --> 02:14.240 legislation that today the first of 02:14.240 --> 02:16.889 June have entered into force in Sweden 02:17.059 --> 02:19.059 following a decision of the Swedish 02:19.059 --> 02:21.449 Parliament on four May . With this , 02:21.460 --> 02:23.729 everything that we undertook to deliver 02:23.740 --> 02:26.289 during the Madrid summit is fulfilled 02:26.330 --> 02:28.490 and it is time for Turkey and Hungary 02:28.500 --> 02:30.850 to start the ratification of the 02:30.860 --> 02:33.250 Swedish membership to NATO . That is 02:33.259 --> 02:35.729 the clear message that I will send and 02:35.740 --> 02:38.220 I have already received already before 02:38.229 --> 02:40.830 this meeting , clear signs of the 02:40.839 --> 02:43.289 commitment and the support that we feel 02:43.300 --> 02:45.779 from several other member states . And 02:45.789 --> 02:47.956 I believe that this will be reinforced 02:47.956 --> 02:50.122 during today's meeting as well . Thank 02:50.122 --> 02:52.178 you . And I am now open to questions 02:53.850 --> 02:55.906 participating in today's meeting . I 02:55.906 --> 02:58.017 was somehow disappointed that we want 02:58.017 --> 03:00.910 to achieve major thing for your No this 03:00.919 --> 03:03.070 is an informal meeting of foreign 03:03.080 --> 03:05.302 ministers . There is no decisions to be 03:05.302 --> 03:07.358 taken as such . This is a meeting in 03:07.358 --> 03:09.524 the run up to the meeting in Vilnius . 03:09.524 --> 03:11.747 But my Turkish counterpart isn't here . 03:11.747 --> 03:13.969 It's quite natural given that they have 03:13.969 --> 03:15.747 just had elections . The really 03:15.747 --> 03:17.913 important thing for Sweden will be the 03:17.913 --> 03:19.636 meeting in the permanent joint 03:19.636 --> 03:21.802 mechanism , the mechanism that was set 03:21.802 --> 03:23.949 up as part of a trilateral memorandum 03:23.960 --> 03:26.127 that was signed during Madrid . Such a 03:26.127 --> 03:28.182 meeting will now follow in the weeks 03:28.182 --> 03:30.293 after this meeting here in Oslo , the 03:30.293 --> 03:32.404 participants will be Sweden , Finland 03:32.404 --> 03:34.516 and Turkey . And at that meeting , of 03:34.520 --> 03:36.631 course , we will be able to follow up 03:36.631 --> 03:38.631 on the trilateral memorandum and be 03:38.631 --> 03:40.687 able to tick off all the commitments 03:40.687 --> 03:42.742 that Sweden have done following that 03:42.742 --> 03:45.289 meeting , the ratification will happen 03:49.020 --> 03:51.131 isn't the frustration going right now 03:51.131 --> 03:53.076 in Sweden that this isn't going to 03:53.076 --> 03:56.240 happen there . First of all , this was 03:56.250 --> 03:58.630 never a sprint , it's a marathon and we 03:58.639 --> 04:01.589 now see the end of it . So , no , I 04:01.600 --> 04:03.889 feel that with the backing that we feel 04:03.899 --> 04:06.259 and the support from the NATO alliance . 04:06.270 --> 04:08.889 After all , we saw the swiftest 04:08.899 --> 04:11.949 ratification in the family following 04:11.960 --> 04:14.919 Sweden's letter of intent and the 04:14.929 --> 04:17.309 summit in Madrid last year . And we see 04:17.320 --> 04:19.487 that the ratification has already been 04:19.487 --> 04:21.209 done by all member states , 04:22.820 --> 04:25.519 Turkey and Hungary . What is your 04:25.529 --> 04:29.059 reaction to traveling and what talks of 04:30.109 --> 04:34.049 between ? First of all , I can only 04:34.059 --> 04:36.392 view such a visit as something positive , 04:36.392 --> 04:40.220 of course , as for Sweden's discussions , 04:40.230 --> 04:42.452 they will take place within the part of 04:42.452 --> 04:44.559 a permanent joint mechanism because 04:44.570 --> 04:46.403 this is the Fora that was set up 04:46.403 --> 04:48.640 following the signing of a trilateral 04:48.649 --> 04:50.760 memorandum . It is at that sport . It 04:50.760 --> 04:54.190 is at that mechanism that we will have 04:54.200 --> 04:56.929 a focus on the fulfillment of Sweden's 04:56.940 --> 04:59.399 commitments following the memorandum . 05:04.980 --> 05:07.091 Well , first of all , I think that we 05:07.091 --> 05:09.258 all understand the differences between 05:09.258 --> 05:11.424 Ukraine , a country that is at war and 05:11.424 --> 05:13.258 has large parts of its territory 05:13.258 --> 05:15.440 occupied and Sweden who have been 05:15.450 --> 05:19.130 declared as an invitee by the alliance . 05:19.140 --> 05:21.196 I mean , there is a clear difference 05:21.196 --> 05:23.418 there . Of course , we support the open 05:23.418 --> 05:25.473 door policy and we do this also with 05:25.473 --> 05:27.584 regard to Ukraine . After all , it is 05:27.584 --> 05:29.584 the open door policy that has meant 05:29.584 --> 05:31.584 that Sweden can become a member . I 05:31.584 --> 05:33.640 would also like to underline that of 05:33.640 --> 05:35.807 course , in the run up to Vilnius , it 05:35.807 --> 05:37.529 is important to underline that 05:37.529 --> 05:39.834 everything bar Sweden's 05:39.894 --> 05:43.144 joining to 05:43.515 --> 05:46.184 would of course be viewed as a win for 05:46.195 --> 05:47.195 Putin . 05:52.649 --> 05:53.220 It is .