He Kremlin warned today that US troop deployment in the neighboring territory Finlandnew member NATOIt will be obvious threat to Russia.

“Of course, now that Finland is a member of NATO and this allied military infrastructure will enter Finland, it will be a threat to us, this is quite obvious,” he said. Dmitry PeskovPresidential Press Secretary, at his daily telephone press conference.

Peskov was convinced that such a situation will increase the tension with Finland reopening this week two border posts with Russia and closed them after 24 hours due to an increased flow of migrants from the Middle East.

“We can only regret it, because we really had excellent relations with Finland. No one threatened anyone, there were no problems, there were no complaints, no one infringed on each other’s interests. there was mutual respect and so on“, Peskov said.

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Finland and the US reached an agreement defense cooperation agreement (DCA), which will allow US troops to use 15 military bases in the Scandinavian countryas the Finnish government announced this Thursday.

The Finnish Foreign Ministry explained in a statement that the DCA will strengthen the Nordic country’s defense by allowing the presence and training of American troops and storage of defense materials on its territory.

Finland, the EU country with the longest border with Russia (1340 kilometers), chose to leave behind its traditional policy of neutrality. following the start of the Russian military campaign in Ukraine and completed its entry into NATO in record time last April.

Finland’s entry into the Atlantic Alliance and its bilateral defense pact with the United States have angered the Kremlin, which has threatened Finland several times. Helsinki will take countermeasures, including “military-technical” ones, if it signs the DCA.

(EFE)