“I absolutely agree with the opinion of our ambassador.
Sweden, although it was a neutral country, has always followed in line with the policies of NATO and Western countries,” the senator said.
He also expressed sincere regret over Finland's decision to join NATO.
“The Russians warmly treated the people of Finland, and the Finns constantly came to us.
Economic ties were very close, and mutually beneficial at that ... We expected that this country was friendly to us, and treated it as a friend, without any plans of an aggressive nature.
By becoming a member of NATO, Finland will lose this status.
It cannot be a member of NATO and consider itself friendly to Russia.
Very sorry.
It seems to me that this is not in favor of the people of Finland and not in favor of our relations,” added Dzhabarov.
Earlier, the Russian ambassador to Canada, Oleg Stepanov, said that the possible entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO would put them in a situation in which they would be forced to treat Russia as an enemy, which in turn would entail a similar adjustment in relations from Moscow.