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Orpo says that he brought up Finlands mine discussion to

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (Kok.) participated in the Nordic, Baltic and Polish summit in Sweden.

Prime minister Petteri Orpo (co.) says that he brought up the discussion in Finland about withdrawing from the Ottawa agreement at the Nordic, Baltic and Polish summit in Sweden.

Commander of the Defense Forces Janne Jaakkola opened the debate on the use of anti-personnel mines In an interview with MTV on Saturday. Finland has signed the Ottawa agreement banning anti-personnel mines.

– The discussion was briefly that I informed that such a discussion has started to take place in Finland, Orpo said at a press conference for Finnish media in Harpsund, Sweden.

Orpo says that he emphasized that no decisions have been made regarding the matter yet, and that a thorough investigation will be done first.

– Colleagues mainly accepted the information, and the matter was not discussed anyway, says Orpo.

– The atmosphere was such that the matter has probably been considered elsewhere.

Prime Minister of Estonia Kristen Michal said earlier at the prime minister’s press conference that Estonia will follow Finland’s example in the mine discussion.

– We have a similar discussion in Estonia. We even have entities that recommend the use of mines. However, we are members of the Ottawa agreement, so we are exploring different options and new technologies, Michal said.

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