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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (107242)8/27/2014 7:11:49 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu  Read Replies (1) of 219658
 
Finland Upgrades NATO Ties After Condemning Russian Tactics
By Kati Pohjanpalo Aug 27, 2014 6:46 AM ET

Finland will sign an agreement with NATO making it easier for the organization to put its troops on the Nordic country’s soil as the government in Helsinki condemns Russia’s treatment of Ukraine.

President Sauli Niinistoe and Prime Minister Alexander Stubb decided to sign the pact on Aug. 22, according to a statement today. Closer ties with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have been under way since last year as part of a collaboration first envisioned in 2002. Finland will be free to decide the extent of its NATO cooperation on a case-by-case basis. Sweden is close to striking a similar accord, Defense Ministry spokesman Henrik Hedberg said today by text message.

Stubb criticized Russia yesterday for actions he said constituted a violation of international justice. “Russia did wrong,” he said in a speech in Helsinki. “We have seen enough of the justice of the strong on this continent.” Niinistoe, speaking at the same event, urged Europe to step up its focus on defense spending as relations with Russia deteriorate.

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My remark - Putin is losing all the way - last think he wanted was NATO at the gates of St. Petersburg and next time Russia would like to invade Finland as it tried the Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939 it will face NATO en.wikipedia.org Never mind that NATO is nothing more than a paper tiger roaring strongly.
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