Sweden is open to reinforcing defences on the Baltic Sea’s most crucial island, according to its prime minister, as the new Nato member explores with allies how best to repel a rapidly militarising Russia.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson led Sweden into Nato last Friday, a historic shift in position from generations of neutrality sparked by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Kristersson told the Financial Times that bolstering Gotland, an island viewed by defence experts and military officials as the most strategic location in the Baltic Sea, would be in the first slew of items to discuss with Nato partners.
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