Lavrov: Finland is unlikely to be asked if NATO decides to deploy infrastructure there

“If the Americans decide to deploy NATO’s military infrastructure there, I don’t think that

anyone will ask Mr. Minister (Foreign Affairs of Finland Haavisto. -

),” Lavrov said, answering the question of how he can comment on the words of his Finnish colleague about that for the time being there is no need to deploy NATO military infrastructure on the territory of the country.

Earlier, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said that Russia would be forced to mirror the possible deployment of NATO military infrastructure in Finland and Sweden after the countries join the alliance.

He said that Moscow is not concerned about the entry of Helsinki and Stockholm into the North Atlantic Alliance. 

“Only they should clearly and clearly imagine that there were no threats to them before, and now, if military contingents and infrastructure are deployed there, we will have to respond in a mirror manner,” Putin said during a conversation with reporters.

In early July, the mayor of the Finnish city of Lappeenranta, Kimmo Järvu, proposed to place the base of the North Atlantic Alliance on the territory of South Karelia, a region of Finland bordering Russia.