The Russian government expressed on Monday its willingness to strengthen its military capacity near Finland, which will become a new NATO member country on Tuesday. a decision considered a threat by Moscow.
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The Russian government expressed on Monday its willingness to strengthen its military capacity near Finland, which will become a “We will strengthen our military capabilities in the west and northwest,” that is, close to the border with Finland and other Eastern European countries, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Gruchko said. NATO member country, a decision considered a threat by Moscow.
” In the event of deployment of soldiers and means by parts of other NATO members on Finnish territory, we will take other measures to ensure Russia’s military security“added Gruchko, according to his statements quoted by the Russian agency Ria Novosti.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Monday that Finland will become this Tuesday the 31st country to join the Atlantic alliance.
After the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine in February 2022Finland and Sweden changed their historical neutral position on defense matters and asked to join NATO in May of last year.
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Moscow assured in March that it does not represent any “threat” for these two Scandinavian countries and that he had “no conflict” with them.
However, Russian President Vladimir Putin considers that the expansion of NATO in countries bordering Russia represents a threat to Moscow and this was one of the reasons used to justify the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.
AFP
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