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Finland wants to keep border with Russia “peaceful”, declares Pekka Haavisto

Finland wants to keep its border with Russia peaceful, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said on Saturday, stressing the need to maintain communication with the Kremlin as the Nordic nation moves closer to joining the Kremlin. nato.

“We have a border of 1,300 kilometers [cerca de 800 milhas] with Russia,” he told reporters in Berlin, where he was invited to attend a meeting of NATO foreign ministers. “The border is peaceful and we want to keep that border peaceful. It is very important that we communicate with our neighbor.”

Asked about Turkey’s opposition to Finland’s NATO membership, Haavisto said he called Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Friday to “de-escalate tensions” and will continue discussions with him at the NATO meeting in Saturday.

He admitted that any NATO member could “block the process”, so it is important to maintain “good contacts” with everyone.

Turkey, which has presented itself as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine, has signaled an unfavorable view on Finland and Sweden’s possible NATO membership, with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accusing the nations of harboring Kurdish “terrorist organizations”.

However, Haavisto said on Saturday that he is “confident that in the end we will find a solution and Finland and Sweden will become NATO members”.

Source: CNN Brasil

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