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http://www.hs.fi/english/article/1101978684236
Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari has said in a newspaper interview that the debate on Finnish NATO membership should be about when - and not if - Finland should join the alliance.
"For Finland to get out from under the shadow of the Cold War, the country should be involved in all Western organisations, including NATO", Ahtisaari said in an interview in the Sunday edition of the Kokkola newspaper Keskipohjanmaa.
In Ahtisaari's view, Finland and Russia are still operating under the shadow of times when the Soviet Union interfered with a heavy hand in Finnish affairs.
"Now it is time for both countries to establish and build new kinds of relations", the former President added.
Ahtisaari sees joining NATO as a purely political question for Finland, and that it would not mean that Finland would see Russia as a military threat of any kind.
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/1101978684236
Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari has said in a newspaper interview that the debate on Finnish NATO membership should be about when - and not if - Finland should join the alliance.
"For Finland to get out from under the shadow of the Cold War, the country should be involved in all Western organisations, including NATO", Ahtisaari said in an interview in the Sunday edition of the Kokkola newspaper Keskipohjanmaa.
In Ahtisaari's view, Finland and Russia are still operating under the shadow of times when the Soviet Union interfered with a heavy hand in Finnish affairs.
"Now it is time for both countries to establish and build new kinds of relations", the former President added.
Ahtisaari sees joining NATO as a purely political question for Finland, and that it would not mean that Finland would see Russia as a military threat of any kind.
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Sanoma on selvä: Suomen tulisi olla mukana kaikissa länsimaisissa järjestöissä,mukaanlukien NATO.
"For Finland to get out from under the shadow of the Cold War, the country should be involved in all Western organisations, including NATO", Ahtisaari said in an interview in the Sunday edition of the Kokkola newspaper Keskipohjanmaa.
In Ahtisaari's view, Finland and Russia are still operating under the shadow of times when the Soviet Union interfered with a heavy hand in Finnish affairs.
"Now it is time for both countries to establish and build new kinds of relations", the former President added.
Ahtisaari sees joining NATO as a purely political question for Finland, and that it would not mean that Finland would see Russia as a military threat of any kind.
Aiemman Suomen presidentin Martti Ahtisaaren mielestä Suomen Nato-jäsenyyskeskustelun tulisi keskittyä siihen milloin - ei jos - Suomen tulee liittyä allianssiin.
Kylmän sodan varjosta päästääkseen, Suomen tulisi olla mukana kaikissa läntisissä järjestöissä, mukaanlukien Nato, sanoi Ahtisaari sunnuntaisessa Keskipohjanmaa -sanomalehdessä.
Ahtisaaren näkemyksen mukaan Suomi ja Venäjä toimivat yhä niiden aikojen varjojen alaisina, joissa Neuvostoliitto puuttui kovalla kädellä Suomen asioihin.
Nyt on aika molemipien maiden perustaa ja rakentaa uudenlaiset suhteet, aikaisempi presidentti lisäsi.
Ahtisaaren mielestä Natoon liittyminen on ainoastaan poliittinen kysymys Suomelle eikä merkitse sitä, että Suomen mielestä Venäjä olisi minkäänlainen sotilaallinen uhka.
presidentti Martti Ahtisaari sanoi jokunen päivä sitten TV:ssä. Uskon siihen ja pelkästään siihen. Hän mainitsi vaalisalaisuudesta, jota hän itse arvostaa.