Pelltari told the Financial Times: "Things have been quite calm and we want to keep it that way. Nothing is happening at the moment, which is a positive thing. But we are also ready and ready. Ability to protect society.”

According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on the 6th, Antti Pelttari, director of the Finnish intelligence agency Security Intelligence Service (Supo), said that Russia has not given up its long-standing neutrality policy towards Finland and applied to join NATO He was surprised by the incident.

Antti Peltari Source: Foreign media

According to him, Helsinki is still "vigilant" to "Russian malicious behavior", but such behavior has not yet become a reality.

Pelltari told the Financial Times : "Things have been quite calm and we want to keep it that way. Nothing is happening at the moment, which is a positive thing. But we have also done Be ready and able to protect society."

Peltari also said that Finnish officials hope that Russian President Putin will accept their decision to apply to join NATO, but these officials believe that once Finland does join NATO, the Kremlin. Palace may want to exert influence over the decision to deploy foreign troops or even nuclear weapons on Finnish soil.

NATO flag image source: People's Vision

Reports say that so far, Finland has not shown any interest in foreign troops or nuclear weapons, but unlike fellow applicant Sweden , Finland has not explicitly ruled out this category. possibility.

Sweden and Finland submitted their applications to join NATO on May 18, on the grounds that the Ukraine crisis triggered huge changes in the security situation in Europe. The Kremlin has repeatedly reiterated that further NATO expansion will not make Europe more secure. However, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov previously stated that NATO has long regarded Sweden and Finland as part of it, which is why the formal membership of these two countries in NATO "will not bring much change to the situation."

Despite this, Russian Defense Minister Shoigu previously stated that in response to Finland and Sweden's application to join NATO, Russia will deploy 12 military units in the Western Military District, calling this an "appropriate countermeasure."

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu Source: People’s Vision

The report pointed out that Sweden and Finland’s application to join NATO requires the unanimous consent of the 30 NATO member states. Turkey has previously made it clear that it opposes this process unless Sweden and Finland agree to crack down on the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and its related organizations, which Turkey considers a "terrorist organization."

Erdogan told reporters at the end of May: "As long as Tayyip Erdogan is the head of state of the Republic of Turkey, we will certainly not say 'yes' to countries that support terrorism joining NATO."

And Peltari stressed that Finland has been tracking the activities of the PKK "for several years," calling it "clearly a terrorist organization," and assured that Helsinki "takes terrorism seriously."

(Editor: ZLQ)