The Russian Foreign Ministry has commented on Finland’s NATO membership, saying the step will negatively affect relations between Moscow and Helsinki.
The department said that this “hasty step” on the part of Finland was taken by the country’s authorities without taking into account public opinion by organizing a referendum and carefully analyzing the consequences of joining the Alliance. of the North Atlantic, and history will judge.
“Finland’s NATO membership can only have a negative impact on Russian-Finnish bilateral relations,” reads the text of the statement.
The day before, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced that Finland had become a member of NATO.
Post-Russian Foreign Minister: Finland’s NATO membership will negatively affect Helsinki-Moscow relations
