GLOBALink | Finland, Sweden's accession will weaken NATO: Greek scholar

STORY: Finland, Sweden's accession will weaken NATO: Greek scholar DATELINE: July 1, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:10 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the just-concluded NATO summit in Madrid 2. SOUNDBITE (English): PELAGIA KARPATHIOTAKI, Greek scholar on international relations STORYLINE: The accession of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will be a negative development for the west, as it will eventually weaken the alliance, a Greek scholar said while commenting on the results of the just-concluded NATO summit in Madrid. SOUNDBITE (English): PELAGIA KARPATHIOTAKI, Greek scholar on international relations "The entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO, as various foreign experts have long argued, will be a negative development for the West, as this move will eventually weaken the alliance. Although the concerns of Finland and Sweden about Russia could be explained, it does not prove that their accession to NATO is in NATO's interest, as these two countries will

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