“The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland denied the “threats” to the Russian Federation from the country’s accession to NATO. Elina Valtonen stated that NATO is a defensive alliance and does not pose a threat to Russia. The minister emphasized that free peoples themselves choose membership in the Alliance.”, — write on: unn.ua
“There is no threat from NATO, there is a long-standing Russian narrative about the “threat” from NATO, or about the “threat” from NATO expansion. We are a defensive alliance, we do not pose any threat to Russia,” Valtonen said.
She emphasized that Finland, as a member of NATO, does not pose a threat.
“Our country, Finland, as a member of NATO does not pose a threat. NATO does not expand by force, free peoples, democratic nations choose membership. This happened in Sweden, Finland, and someday this will happen in the near future with Ukraine, we hope, if the Ukrainian people continue to support this choice . This is not a threat to anyone’s security, it is simply what we see in free societies,” Valtonen said.
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