Security Issues Are Not Resolved by Nervousness

... zone of peace and stability. We are convinced that there are no problems that we cannot jointly solve through cooperation on the basis of existing international law and goodwill”. It is in the fundamental interests of the countries and peoples of Northern Europe to maintain and consolidate the zone of peace and stability in the region. This is not to say that those countries do not include political forces that are ready to support the entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO and to help these states become deeply integrated into the military and political structures of the North Atlantic treaty, or, on the other hand, very influential political and social circles that are firmly against such a turn of events....