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#Finland's accession to #NATO will raise the question of the fate of the Aland Islands, which under an international treaty have a demilitarized status. #Russia's permanent representative to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov said
#Finland's accession to #NATO will raise the question of the fate of the Aland Islands, which under an international treaty have a demilitarized status. #Russia's permanent representative to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov said
"As for Finland's accession to NATO, it immediately raises the question about two aspects: the status of the Aland Islands, which under an international treaty have a demilitarized status, and the question arises also about the fate of the Saimaa Canal,..
"...which was built back in the times of the Russian Empire, connecting Finland's internal waterways and lakes to the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea," Chizhov said in a live broadcast on the Rossiya 24 TV channel.
The diplomat also explained that "Russia actually leased a small strip of land along the Saimaa Canal to the neighboring state" in accordance with the provisions of the Russian-Finnish intergovernmental agreement which was signed taking into account Finland's permanent neutrality
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