Finnish President: Putin Took NATO Application News ‘Very, Very Calmly’
Sauli Niinisto tells FP about his country’s decision to join the alliance—and the Russian president’s response.
By Amy Mackinnon, a national security and intelligence reporter at Foreign Policy.
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Finnish President Sauli Niinisto at the United Nations climate change summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Nov. 21, 2021.
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War with Russia is no abstract concept for Finland. The country declared its independence from Moscow in 1917 and fought two wars against the Soviet Union during the period of World II. Finland remained militarily nonaligned during the Cold War, joined the European Union in 1995, and gradually deepened its cooperation with NATO.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) speaks during a news conference with Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto at the State Department in Washington on May 27.
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