OREANDA-NEWS Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said that the topic of placing bases or nuclear weapons in the country after its accession to NATO is not discussed, she said in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, according to Gazeta.ru.

According to her, everything will depend on national decisions, no one will impose nuclear weapons on Finland if it does not want to do so.

The politician expressed her hope that Finland will retain the status of mediator in international processes, which the country had while maintaining neutrality.
The prime minister stressed that Finland's accession to NATO was an act of peace, not an act of war.

Marin added that her country already has a high defense capability and already spends more than 2% of GDP on defense. The prime minister also expects to have a dialogue with Turkey, which has not yet supported Finland's and Sweden's admission to NATO.

Finland and Sweden simultaneously submitted official applications to join NATO in the morning of May 18. North Atlantic Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg thanked the Nordic countries for their decision to join the political-military bloc.