Tag: Alexander Grushko

  • Finland joins NATO amid threat of Russian aggression

    Finland joins NATO amid threat of Russian aggression

    Finland will officially join NATO on Tuesday, becoming the 31st member of the world’s largest military alliance – a move that Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said would make the region safer and the organization stronger. “We will raise the Finnish flag for the first time here at NATO headquarters. It will be a good day for…

  • Stoltenberg announces Finland’s NATO accession date

    Stoltenberg announces Finland’s NATO accession date

    The Nordic country will officially join the US-led military bloc after ratification by Trkiye Finland will officially become the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced in a statement on Monday. “This is a historic week,” Stoltenberg told reporters on the eve of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers. “From tomorrow,…

  • NATO needs enemies to justify its existence Russia

    NATO needs enemies to justify its existence Russia

    The bloc’s ongoing expansion is motivated by a desire to create confrontation, a senior diplomat claims Having an enemy to fight is essential to NATO’s survival, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko has argued. The diplomat added that the bloc’s expansion is largely motivated by the need to antagonize nations so they can fit the…

  • Russia explains what is important to NATO

    Russia explains what is important to NATO

    The bloc needs an enemy to exist and is expanding to find one, a senior diplomat said Having an enemy to fight is essential to NATO’s survival, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko has argued. “NATO is the kind of organization that cannot live without an enemy. If it didn’t have one, it would have…

  • Niinistö to Putin: Finland will soon apply for NATO

    Niinistö to Putin: Finland will soon apply for NATO

    President Sauli Niinistö called Russia president Vladimir Putin on Saturday, telling him that Finland would apply for NATO membership in the coming days. According to his office, Niinistö told his Russian colleague about the matter "how thoroughly Russia’s demands at the end of 2021, aimed at preventing countries from joining NATO and Russia’s massive invasion…