00:00Finland plans to lift its long-standing ban on hosting nuclear weapons on its territory.
00:06The government says the move would bring the country more in line with NATO's nuclear deterrence policy.
00:14Finland shares a 1,340-kilometer border with Russia, the longest of any EU or NATO member state.
00:22The Nordic nation had abandoned decades of military neutrality when it joined NATO in 2023,
00:28amid growing concern over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
00:31Its leaders say the country's security environment has deteriorated sharply since the war began in 2022.
00:38Under the 1987 Nuclear Energy Act, the import, manufacture, possession or detonation of nuclear explosives
00:46is prohibited on Finnish soil, even during wartime.
00:50The government now wants to change that.
00:52Its proposal would allow the transport, delivery or possession of nuclear weapons in Finland,
00:57provided they are linked to the country's military defense.
01:01The governing right-wing coalition, which holds a majority in parliament,
01:05said the proposal will be open for consultation until April 2,
01:09after which it will be formally tabled in parliament.
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