Finland already has excellent defensive capabilities, Sanna Marin said.
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has banned the placement of permanent NATO bases or nuclear weapons in her country after her entry into the Alliance. He said this in an interview for the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, published on Thursday, May 19.
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“This is not an ongoing debate, raising the issue is not part of the negotiations. These are national decisions. No one will impose nuclear weapons or permanent bases on us if we don’t want it. This issue is not on the agenda “It seems to me that there is no interest in deploying nuclear weapons or opening NATO bases in Finland,” Marin said.
He believes Finland already has excellent defensive capabilities.
“We have already spent more than 2% of our GDP on defense, and over the decades we have invested a lot in our security precisely because of the large and aggressive neighbors located on our borders,” the prime minister stressed.
Sanna Marin added that Russia’s attack on Ukraine prompted Finland to apply to NATO.
“The decision to apply for NATO membership is an act of peace, not an act of war. We must ensure that there is no war on Finnish soil and we will always try to resolve problems through diplomacy. unfortunately, not all countries feel its way ”, he said, referring to Russia.
Recall that Turkey blocked applications from Finland and Sweden to NATO. Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan considers Scandinavian countries “guest houses for terrorist organizations.”
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Source: korrespondent
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