Legal amendments that have entered into force in Finland have made it legally possible for nuclear weapons to be imported, stored, and used on Finnish territory. Moscow expressed concern over the decision, stating that it poses a threat to Russia’s national security.
The legislative changes lifting the ban on the entry and storage of nuclear weapons in Finland have officially taken effect. Under amendments to the Nuclear Energy Act and the Criminal Code, approved by President Alexander Stubb on June 26, the importation, production, storage, and use of nuclear weapons on Finnish territory are now legally permissible within the country’s legal framework.
Helsinki has previously stated on multiple occasions that Finland does not intend to become a nuclear-armed state, has no plans to station nuclear weapons on its territory during peacetime, and remains committed to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).