Finland’s Minister for European Affairs, Tytti Tuppurainen, said at the Munich Security Conference that having Finland and very soon Sweden also in the alliance would make NATO stronger.
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00:00 We joined NATO because of our national security. It was first and foremost about
00:08 our security. You'd realize when Russia attacked Ukraine that we cannot cope
00:14 alone. We needed to be part of the most powerful defense alliance in the world
00:19 which is NATO. But we are not only defense consumers, Finland is also
00:25 defense and security contributor. So we will work within the whole alliance
00:31 throughout the alliance region in order to provide more security. We have
00:37 invested in our own military capabilities. We have reached the 2%
00:42 criteria already quite some time ago. So I believe having Finland and very soon
00:49 Sweden also in the alliance, it would make NATO stronger. And let me
00:55 underline that for us the decision to join NATO, it wasn't directed against
01:02 anyone. NATO is not threatening anyone and certainly Finland within NATO is not
01:09 threatening anyone. This is about security and our defense capabilities
01:13 and about the collective defense agreement.