TALLINN: Nordic and Baltic countries on Tuesday declared their support for Ukraine’s “irreversible path” to Nato membership at a summit in Tallinn with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The leaders of Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania — the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) regional cooperation format — met as the transatlantic alliance prepares for its own summit in Turkiye next month.
“Ukraine is a strategic security partner to Nato, contributing directly to Euro-Atlantic security through its battlefield experience, technological innovation and industrial capacity,” the NB8 leaders said a joint statement.
“We support Ukraine on its irreversible path to full Euro-Atlantic integration, including Nato membership,” they added. Ukraine is expected to take part in the Ankara summit, which comes as Nato’s European members fret over US President Donald Trump’s commitment to the alliance.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 prompted Sweden and Finland to abandon decades of military non-alignment and join Nato.
Published in Dawn, June 10th, 2026