Matti Vanhanen . Archive photoMOSCOW, May 21.Finnish Parliament Speaker Matti Vanhanen said that the country cannot agree to change its legal norms because of Turkey and extradite «innocent people». Earlier, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that Ankara cannot say «yes» to Finland and Sweden's membership in NATO, because cannot believe their assurances of ties with representatives of the PKK banned in Turkey. Bloomberg wrote that Turkey, for approving the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO, demands that European countries lift restrictions on the export of weapons, include it in the program for the supply of the latest F-35 fighters, and lift US sanctions for the purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems. According to the Sabah newspaper, Turkey is also going to demand that Stockholm and Helsinki expedite the extradition of wanted members of organizations banned on its territory, as well as stop supporting «any actions against the security of Turkey.»
Erdogan forces Finland and Sweden to public humiliation»As for the points regarding our rules of law, Turkey must understand that we cannot agree (change them — ed.) Politically. Innocent people are not extradited to another country, especially if there is a risk of that they will be imprisoned or groundlessly convicted,» Vanhanen told the public broadcaster YLE. Regarding the issue of arms exports, he noted that it is necessary to find out what Ankara's specific expectations are. Russia has repeatedly noted that NATO is aimed at confrontation. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov stated that further expansion of the alliance would not bring greater security to Europe, NATO has an aggressive character. At the same time, he noted that he did not consider the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO an existential threat to Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a conversation with his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinistö, noted that abandoning the traditional policy of military neutrality would be erroneous, since there are no threats to Finland's security. In his opinion, a change in the country's foreign policy may have a negative impact on Russian-Finnish relations, which for many years were built in the spirit of good neighborliness and partnership cooperation, were mutually beneficial. jpg» />Unexpected protest. Who in NATO was not happy with the Finns and Swedes
