
Finland President surprised at Putin's 'calm' response to NATO membership news
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Finish President Sauli Niinisto said he was not concerned by Turkey's seeming opposition to Finland's NATO membership.
FILE - Finland's President Sauli Niinisto makes a point during a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool, File) (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool, File) FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto talk during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 29, 2021. Niinisto, the Western leader who appeared to have the best rapport with Putin before the Ukraine war, is expected to announce his stance on NATO membership on Thursday, May 12, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) (AP) NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference after a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys) (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
Finish officials announced Sunday that the previously neutral country would indeed apply to join NATO despite numerous threats from Russia.

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