Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin reiterated on Wednesday that her country will make a decision on a hypothetical entry into NATO, a country of which it is an ally but not a member, within “a few weeks”
Russian Security Council Vice President Dmitry Medvedev has threatened to deploy nuclear weapons in the Baltic if Sweden and Finland join NATO.
«It will be necessary to reinforce the group of ground forces, the anti-aircraft defense, deploy important naval forces in the waters of the Gulf of Finland. And in that case it will no longer be possible to speak of a Baltic without nuclear weapons. The balance must be restored,” the senior official wrote on his Telegram account.
Medvedev, former prime minister and president of Russia between 2008 and 2012, stressed that for Moscow “it is not so important how many countries there are in NATO”, since “two more, two less, because of their weight and population, do not make much difference” .
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However, he stressed that if Sweden and Finland join NATO, the length of the land border between Russia and the Atlantic Alliance will double, so it should be strengthened.
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin reiterated on Wednesday that her country will make a decision on a hypothetical entry into NATO, a country of which it is an ally but not a member, within “a few weeks.”
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Pääministeri @MarinSanna ja Ruotsin pääministeri Magdalena Andersson keskustelivat Tukolmassa siitä, miten vahvistaa Suomen ja Ruotsin turvallisuutta muuttuneessa turvallisuusympäristössä.
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Marin stressed today that any decision on NATO has its advantages and disadvantages, although he added that there is no other way to have complete security guarantees than under article 5 of the Alliance on joint defense.
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