Finnish Minister: Our application to join NATO is “very likely”

Finland’s Minister of European Affairs says it is “very likely” that her country will apply to join NATO, and notes that “the matter needs to be discussed in Parliament.”

  • Finland’s European Affairs Minister Titi Toborainen

“It is very likely that Finland will apply to join NATO, due to the Russian military operation in Ukraine,” Finnish Minister of European Affairs, Titi Toborainen, announced.

The minister said on the British “Sky News” channel, today, Friday, that “submission of an application to join is very likely, but the decision has not been taken yet.” “It seems that the Finns have made their decision, and there is a large majority in favor of joining NATO,” she added.

On Wednesday, the Finnish Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, indicated during a visit to Sweden, which is also studying the request to join the alliance, that “the choice will be decided within a few weeks, after discussing it in Parliament.”

Earlier in the day, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced that “Sweden and Finland should Realizing the implications of a possible entry into NATO on bilateral relations with Russia as well as on the European security system.

“This is a matter for Sweden and Finland, but they must understand the consequences of such a move on bilateral relations, and the European security architecture in general, which is now in a state of crisis,” Zakharova said.

reported The British newspaper, The TimesA few days ago, Finland and Sweden were preparing to join NATO this summer, and the newspaper quoted a US official as saying that “the two countries’ membership in the alliance is a subject of discussion and multiple meetings in the talks between NATO foreign ministers.”

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