Russia Russian President Putin is calling for “concrete agreements” in which NATO promises not to expand further east

Russian president Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called for “concrete agreements” committing NATO to not expand further east.

“We are proposing to start serious talks,” Putin said in Moscow, according to AFP news agency. He spoke at the Kremlin at an event to which new Russian ambassadors had been invited.

Putin the speech was based on an inflamed situation in the direction of Ukraine.

The United States and other NATO countries have accused Russia of large-scale troop concentrations near the Ukrainian border. Russia, on the other hand, has accused NATO of pushing into Russia’s borders.

Is it is highly unlikely that the United States or its NATO allies would agree to the agreement Putin wants.

NATO is a military alliance of 30 members that expanded to Eastern Central Europe on both sides of the 21st century art. For example, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined NATO in 2004.

NATO countries have repeatedly said that outsiders will not determine who will be admitted to the military alliance.

Suomikin has maintained in its foreign policy the so-called NATO option, ie the possibility to join NATO if it so wishes.

It is interesting from a Finnish point of view that Putin’s speech on Wednesday was worded in such a way that, if it materialized, it would mean closing the door to NATO from Finland as well.

Putin’s speech can be found in its entirety From the Kremlin website.

“In dialogue with the United States and its allies, we are calling for concrete agreements that would prevent NATO from expanding further east,” Putin said.