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Orpo said: they agreed that a strong European defense system is needed, as well as an increase in ammunition production. “Ukraine must be supported as long as possible,” stressed the Finnish prime minister, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s goals have not changed.
therefore, Europeans must take more responsibility for their own security.
“I think we, as countries close to Russia, know exactly that,” Orpo noted.
Europe must prepare
Tusk also said that the two countries consider it necessary to expand the capacity of the defense industry. All of Europe needs to increase spending and efforts in this area. “We are talking about a radical increase,” underlined the Polish prime minister. He judged that
Europe, including Finland and Poland, must “prepare for the worst scenarios”.
According to Tusk, the “necessary reform” of the European asylum system was also on the agenda of the negotiations.
The current regulations do not respond to the threats created by the policies of Russia and Belarus in this area
– said the Polish Prime Minister.
Due to the threats, tourism revenues have decreased in the affected border areas of Poland and Finland, and these losses represent a common problem that needs to be solved, Tusk said. He announced: Warsaw and Helsinki will work together to ensure that the European Union allocates resources to support the affected border regions.
Poland will further strengthen the steel wall equipped with an alarm system on the border with Belarus in 2022 due to migration pressure, and will coordinate its border protection together with Finland and the three Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, he continued.
There should be no weak links
– the Polish Prime Minister also announced that Warsaw and Helsinki will also cooperate in the field of civil defense, as the Warsaw government is striving for modernization in this area. Orpo said: he is ready to support Poland, since Finland is well prepared in this field, given that it has built a comprehensive civil defense system, MTI concluded.
(Cover photo: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo at the Polish Prime Minister’s Office in Warsaw on February 16, 2024. Photo: Sergei Gapon / AFP)
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