In phone call with Finland's Niinisto, Putin says applying for NATO membership a "mistake" - People's Daily Online

In phone call with Finland's Niinisto, Putin says applying for NATO membership a "mistake" - People's Daily Online

MOSCOW/HELSINKI, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Finnish counterpart,

Applying for NATO membership a mistake: Putin tells Finnish President

In Saturday's call initiated by Helsinki, Niinisto informed Putin of Finland's decision to seek NATO membership in the next few days, reports Xinhua news agency.

NATO: Finland informs Putin of its membership plan, a “mistake” for Moscow

Trying “to avoid tension,” the Finnish president informed Putin of his country's candidacy for NATO, a “mistake” for the Kremlin.

Finland to apply for NATO membership, Niinisto tells an uneasy Putin

Finland has decided to seek NATO membership in the next few days, President Sauli Niinisto told Saturday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, who...

Finland dismisses Turkey and informs Russia about plan for NATO membership

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Finland decides to seek NATO membership soon, Niinistö tells Putin

President Sauli Niinistö on Saturday held a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and told him about Finland´s