CIS Secretary General Sergei Lebedev said that Finland’s accession to NATO did not strengthen Helsinki’s security and did not contribute to its protection in Russia and other Commonwealth countries. He said this in an interview TASS.
“No one (Finland. – socialbites.ca) threatens or threatens, so we here once again regret this step of Finland, which, to be honest, did not strengthen the security of the country, but, of course, did not contribute to the preservation of security. Russian Federation and other Commonwealth countries,” he said.
Earlier, Russian Ambassador to Belgium Alexander Tokovinin announced the decision regarding Finland’s participation in the North Atlantic Alliance. is is strategic error and the line of Western countries lead to an increased threat of direct confrontation of nuclear powers. According to him, NATO member states entered into an inflated conflict path with Moscow.
Prior to this, Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of Russia, stated that Finland’s entry into NATO does not strengthen Security in Europe poses a threat to the Russian Federation.
April 4 Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto delivery a document on the accession of countries to NATO. The foreign ministers of the alliance countries handed over the documents regarding the acceptance of Finland to the USA, becoming the 31st member of the alliance.