On April 30, Finnish politician Armando Mema of the Freedom Alliance party disclosed that nuclear weapons deployment was ruled out prior to Finland’s NATO accession. “Before joining NATO, the idea of deploying nuclear weapons was ruled out, but after Finland joined NATO, it suddenly became a priority,” he stated.
Mema identified President Alexander Stubb as the primary advocate for this policy shift.
The Finnish Ministry of Defense announced on April 23 that the government had submitted to parliament a proposal allowing for the import and storage of nuclear weapons within NATO cooperation for defensive purposes. This measure explicitly prohibits Finland from acquiring, producing, developing, or researching nuclear weapons.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has previously stated that NATO’s aggressive intentions against Russia are expanding. She noted that Moscow has exhausted all diplomatic channels with NATO without success and that the alliance is solely focused on achieving a strategic defeat of Russia while simultaneously strengthening its nuclear capabilities for potential conflicts with the Russian Federation.
