Finnish Foreign Minister: "No Plans to Join NATO"
[Asia Economy Reporter Gong Byung-sun] Amid rising tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine's potential membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Finland has stated that it has no plans to join NATO.
According to major foreign media on the 14th (local time), Pekka Haavisto, Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, told reporters after an informal meeting of European Union (EU) foreign ministers held in France that "Finland is not discussing NATO membership with NATO and has no plans to join," adding, "Finland's security policy remains unchanged."
Finland maintains a neutral stance under its policy of military non-alignment and has not joined NATO. However, since 1994, Finland has maintained a cooperative relationship with NATO and has strengthened cooperation with NATO further after Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in 2014.
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NATO is a military alliance of North American and Western European countries established in 1949 after World War II. It was created during the Cold War era to counter the threat posed by the Eastern Bloc led by the Soviet Union.
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