Russia stated Monday it will enhance its army presence within the west and northwest of the nation in response to Finland becoming a member of NATO.
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg introduced earlier within the day that Finland will grow to be the thirty first member of the army alliance on Tuesday.
“We will strengthen our military potential in the western and northwestern direction,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko was quoted as saying by state news company RIA Novosti.
“In the event of the deployment of forces and resources of other NATO members on the territory of Finland, we will take additional steps to reliably ensure Russia’s military security,” he added.
Russia and Finland share a 1,300-kilometre (800-mile) border.
Finland and Sweden dropped a decades-long coverage of army non-alignment and utilized to affix the western alliance final May within the wake of Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine.
The Kremlin insisted in March that Russia was not a menace to the 2 Nordic international locations and has no “dispute” with them.
Russia, nonetheless, sees NATO enlargement as an “existential” menace to its safety and has used Ukraine’s want to be part of the alliance to justify the offensive.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
