The Russian Foreign Ministry responded to a report that the U.S. military may place troops on Finnish bases.
The warning came from Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, who was commenting on a report that the reported that Finnish Foreign Affairs Ministry official Mikael Antell said discussions on a new defense cooperation agreement between Helsinki and Washington may allow for the construction of new military infrastructure on Finland's soil.
Antell told the paper that the agreement would not only augment Finland's recent NATO membership but could also result in"We are closely following NATO's plans regarding Finland," Zakharova said during a news briefing, according to Tass, the Russian government's news agency."We confirm that Russia will be forced to take retaliatory measures of both military-technical and other nature to curb threats to our national security that appear in this connection.
Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, attends a press conference on April 4."We are closely following NATO's plans regarding Finland," she said this week in response to a report that the U.S. military may place troops on Finnish bases.Zakharova added that Moscow sees any plans regarding U.S. troops in Finland as Helsinki's loss of sovereignty.
"However, both Finland itself and NATO must realize that pumping Northern Europe with troops will only contribute to growing military and political tensions in this region as well," she said.
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