A decision on their location will be made shortly.
The Northern European headquarters of NATO’s ground forces could be located in Mikeli, located 230 kilometers northeast of Helsinki, near the border with Russia.
The headquarters of the ground forces of the forward positions could be located in the north of the country – in Sodankile or Rovaniemi.
The President of Finland Aleksandrs Stubs emphasized in the “Yle” program that the decisions on the deployment of NATO headquarters have not yet been made and that the alliance is guided by military interests, not regional politics.
At the end of August, it was reported that a NATO mechanized brigade could be deployed in Finland, thus implementing a deterrence strategy against external threats.
A brigade with 4,000-5,000 soldiers and officers is already being formed and will be deployed in Mikeli, Iltalehti newspaper reported, citing NATO and security sources.
In addition, it became known that the Scandinavian countries form a military transport corridor in the northern part of the peninsula from Norwegian ports to Finland.
2024-09-19 15:07:20