Russian President Vladimir Putin warned his Finnish colleagues on Saturday that the relationship between the two neighbors could be “negatively affected” if Finland followed up with plans to apply for NATO membership.The Kremlin press service said in a statement that Putin told the neglect of Sauli Ninisto Finland “about the traditional policy of military neutrality will be a mistake because there is no threat to Finland’s security.”
“Changes in the country’s foreign policy can negatively affect Russian-Finnish relations, which have been built in the spirit of neighboring and good partnerships for years, and mutually beneficial,” the statement added.The response occurred after Niinisto told Putin in a telephone conversation that the Nordic State was not in harmony, which had a complex history with his great Eastern neighbors, “will decide to apply for NATO membership in the coming days.”
The Niinisto office said in a statement that the Head of Finland said to Putin how clear the Finnish security environment had changed after the Moscow invasion of February 24 to Ukraine, and appointed Russia’s demands for Finland to refrain from seeking the membership of Western Military Alliances 30 Western Western countries of the country West Western Country State 30 Western Countries Countries 30 Western Countries Countries 30 Western Countries Countries 30 Western Western Countries Countries 30 West West Western Countries 30 Barat Western Countries 30 Western Countries. .
“Discussion (with Putin) directly and not ambiguous and detained without excessive. Avoiding tension is considered important, “said Niinisto, the President of Finland since 2012 and one of the handful of Western leaders who have been dialogue routinely with Putin over the past decade.Niinisto showed that he had told Putin at their first meeting in 2012 that “Every independent country will maximize its own safety.”
That still happens. By joining NATO, Finland will strengthen its own safety and bear its responsibilities, “Niinisto said. Niinisto stressed that Finland, despite its possibility of membership in NATO, wanted to continue to deal with Russia bilaterally in “Practical Problems produced by the border environment” and hoped to be involved with Moscow “in a professional manner.”
According to Kremlin’s statement, the two leaders also discussed Russia’s “military operations” in Ukraine, and the possibility of achieving political solutions. Putin said the negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv had been suspended because of “the lack of Ukraine’s interest in a serious and constructive dialogue.”Phone calls were made at the Finnish initiative, said Nininisto’s office.Finland shared the border of 1,340 kilometers (830 miles) with Russia, who was the longest by any member of the European Union.Niinisto and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Thursday together supported the offer of their country’s NATO and recommended that Finland “must submit NATO membership without delay” to ensure its security.
The official announcement from Niinisto and Marin’s intention from Finland to apply for NATO membership is expected on Sunday. Marin, who regulates the Democratic Social Party, approves membership offers on Saturday, opening the way for parliamentary voting next week to support this step. Expected to pass with extraordinary support. The formal membership application will then be submitted to the NATO headquarters in Brussels. Swedish neighbors were determined to decide on his NATO attitude on Sunday at a meeting of the Social Democratic Party led by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson. One of the possible obstacles for Finland and Sweden joined the alliance coming from NATO Turkish members, whose president said on Friday that he was “unprofitable” with that idea.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan quoted support in Sweden and other Scandinavian countries for Kurdish militants – which were considered Turkey as terrorists.Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said on Saturday that he had called his Turkish colleague, Mevlut Cavusoglu, “to reduce tension”I am sure we will find a solution for this item too,” he told reporters at the beginning of the NATO Informal Foreign Minister’s meeting in Berlin Saturday night.
US President Joe Biden made a joint call on Friday with Ninisto and Andersson where, according to the White House statement, he “underlined his support for NATO open door policies and for the rights of Finland and Sweden to determine their own future, foreign policy and external policies their own country and their own foreign and their own policies and their own foreign policies and their own foreign policies and their own foreign and foreign policies and their own foreign and foreign policies and their own foreign policies and their foreign policies themselves and their own foreign and foreign policies and their own foreign policies and their own foreign policies and their own foreign policies and their own foreign policies and their own foreign policy and their own foreign policy and foreign policy They are Se their own self and foreign policy and their own foreign policy and their own foreign policies and outside security arrangements. “
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