Marin said in an interview with the news agency Reuters published yesterday that Finland’s accession to NATO during Marin’s term in office is “very unlikely”.
Prime minister Sanna Marin (sd) said In the exam of Ilta-Sanomat on Thursday that Finland’s NATO position is unchanged and that he has been “overinterpreted” by his news agency Reuters yesterday.
“The NATO option is real, we will stick to it,” Marin said.
The prime minister said yesterday in a news agency In a Reuters interviewthat Finland’s accession to NATO during Marin’s reign is “very unlikely”. The next parliamentary elections are scheduled for spring 2023.
“I want to say very directly that Finland’s NATO position is unchanged. We have the opportunity to apply for NATO membership if we look at it, ”Marin said.
NATO positions are now being monitored outside Finland with a magnifying glass, as tensions at both the Ukrainian border and the Baltic Sea have increased. Russia has recently deployed a large number of military forces on the Ukrainian border.
Marin and the chairman of the Coalition Petteri Orpo took part in the exam of Ilta-Sanomat.
Orpo criticized Marini’s NATO statement to Helsingin Sanomat yesterday.
“I think that when we have a relatively new foreign and security policy report, which clearly states that Finland will retain its potential [hakea Nato-jäsenyyttä], so the prime minister should not close it. Not even for a limited time, ”Orpo said.
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Marin reminded in an IS exam that he also said in a Reuters interview “very directly” that Finland has the opportunity to apply for membership.
“We stick to this and make these decisions based on independent judgment. That is the position of our foreign and security policy report. And I have been very consistent in this position. ”
From Marin The IS exam also asked if he had discussed the Reuters interview and its line in advance with the President. Sauli Niinistö with.
“I have represented the consistent line that Finland has in foreign and security policy. There has been no change of line and there has been no need to discuss it. The line is the same as before, the NATO option is real, ”he replied.
It was “very unfortunate” for Marin that this was wanted to be challenged by the Coalition Party.
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