Uproar over "NATO letter"

What Schallenberg says about “secret rapprochement”

Minister Alexander Schallenberg commented on the "NATO letter".(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Credit Schallenberg: APA/AFP/ED JONES Credit Faksi: zVg)

A small letter with a big impact. A letter from Austrian diplomats to NATO caused a well-known debate in May. SPÖ leader Andreas Babler even suggested "joining NATO through the back door". His party therefore wanted to find out more and submitted a parliamentary question to ÖVP Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg. The "Krone" now has the answers.

"For scheduling reasons", Austria's Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg canceled his visit to the NATO summit in Washington D.C. As is well known, Schallenberg and ÖVP Chancellor Karl Nehammer rolled out the red carpet for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi instead. Despite his absence in Washington, Schallenberg is at least being credited by the SPÖ with a rapprochement with NATO.