Want Peace? Prepare for War! Finland Ready to Deploy Overseas Military Aid
SputnikNews.com
13.05.2016
Finland has long righteously enjoyed international respect for its staunch support of non-alignment policy, yet the situation is beginning to change. In a shift of paradigm, Finnish troops may now be deployed overseas, a government proposal suggests.
According to Defense Minister Jussi Niinistö of the populist True Finns Party, the aim of the proposal is to be able to provide military assistance to allies under extraordinary circumstances as part of Finland’s international duties.
He also stressed that the priority will be to only deploy military personnel who have particularly expressed their willingness to participate and are part of the recruitment pool for crisis management operations. The establishment of a separate recruitment pool would necessitate a considerable increase in the defense budget, which Finland can ill afford, admitted Niinistö.
Niinistö’s party colleague and Foreign Minister Timo Soini assured that the country would be able to freely decide on which operations involving the use of forcible measures it participates in, Uusi Suomi reported.
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