Haavisto: Finland would receive support from Nato partners in case of direct threat, even before full membership

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Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) told Yle on Wednesday morning that Finland would still receive help from its Nato partners if it faced a direct threat, even before full membership."We're in a situation now where although we're still in the Nato 'waiting room' or almost a Nato member, we have nevertheless received promises of support from many key actors, including the United States, Britain and key European countries.I would believe that any direct threat to Finland would also get help from these partners, even though we are not yet members of Nato," he said on the morning talk show Ylen aamu.Risk of further underwater explosionsAccording to Haavisto, the explosions that destroyed two gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea in late September showed that the war in Ukraine may expand into international maritime areas."Of course, those with bad intentions may have already been able to act, to place various kinds of explosive charges on such key points."

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