Finland’s entry into NATO is “the only thing” to thank Putin for, says Blinken

The Secretary of State for USA, Anthony Blinkensaid Tuesday that “the only thing” that the NATO can “thank” the Russian president, Vladimir Putinis the income of Finland in the Atlantic Alliancewhich will materialize today.

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“We are going to welcome Finland in the alliance (…) and I am tempted to say that this is perhaps the only thing we can thank the president for putin”Blinken said in a statement to the press at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, where the Alliance’s foreign ministers are meeting today, among other things, to certify the entry of helsinki.

with the invasion of Ukraine, “putin He has precipitated something that he says he wants to prevent”, he claimed blinken on the supposed will of the Russian president to want to avoid the extension of the NATO.

However, the war “It has caused many countries to believe that they need to do more to ensure their own defense and to ensure that they are able to deter Russian aggression,” continued the US Secretary of State.

Finland will today become a full member of the NATO with a ceremony at the headquarters of the Atlantic Alliancein which the Turkish Foreign Minister will deliver the instrument of ratification of the Washington Treaty to the Secretary of State of USA, Anthony Blinkenand the Finnish flag will be raised along with that of the other 30 allies.

Source: Elcomercio

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