The goal is to strengthen the country's security.
The President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö, discussed with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg the prospects and principles of joining NATO. Mr. Niinistio announced this on his Facebook page.
“Finland's security needs to be strengthened. Funds are being carefully considered. In addition to the report submitted to parliament, all possibilities and prospects will be explored. To this end, NATO's principles and procedures for admitting new members were discussed in detail during yesterday's discussion with Secretary General Stoltenberg.” , – the president declared.
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Earlier, the NATO Secretary General said that Finland and Sweden can count on joining the Alliance as soon as possible . According to Stoltenberg, both countries meet many of the alliance's standards and have well-functioning institutions in the field of defense and security.
Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Moscow would take retaliatory measures through active cooperation between Sweden and Finland with NATO.
