6 minutes agoMarin: Finland has plans for NATO membership
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin declared today that her country has no plans to join NATO in the near future, but is willing to support European allies and the United States by imposing severe sanctions on Russia if an attack on Ukraine occurs. “would have a very significant effect and [...]
“would have a very significant effect and sanctions would be extremely severe,” Marin told Reuters.
Marin said it was the highly incredible “” to apply for NATO membership during its mandate.
US President Joe Biden called Finnish President Saul Niinsto on Tuesday to negotiate with him for the second time within a month for “the importance of Finland's close defence partnership with the United States and NATO, Biden's office said in a statement.
Marin was reluctant to speak, but said he believed that other countries were aware that Finland had long maintained a long-functioning “> relationship with Russia.
Prime Minister Marin reiterated that Finland has the right to join NATO if it wants to.
No one can influence us, not the United States, not Russia, not anyone else”, she said.
“generally, I believe there will be more discussions about NATO in the coming years,” added Marin.
Finland decided in December to buy F-35 aircraft and military equipment in line with NATO standards.
The latest poll by the largest Finnish daily “Helsingin Sanomat” shows that 28 percent of Finnishs want NATO membership, while 42 percent oppose it.
