“Finland did not put forward any preconditions when applying for membership because it did not want to narrow down the scope of its activities.
But it is clear that there will be no nuclear weapons on Finnish soil even after membership is completed,” he said at a foreign and security policy conference in Sälen in Sweden.
A video of his performance leads Yle.
The commander of the Finnish Armed Forces, General Timo Kivinen, said earlier that the country has significant defense capabilities.
He estimates that, per capita, Finland "probably has the largest firepower in Europe."