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10155259 2022-05-15 17:48:29.0 Putin says Finland's application for NATO membership a 'mistake' 2 83144 World Military News World Military News /enpproperty-- > This picture taken on March 9, 2022 shows Finnish soldiers in local defence exercise in Taipalsaari near Lappeenranta and close to the border with Russia, south-eastern Finland. [Photo/Agencies] MOSCOW/HELSINKI -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Finnish counterpart, Sauli Niinisto, held a phone conversation on Saturday and discussed Helsinki's intention to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). In the call initiated by Helsinki, Niinisto informed Putin of Finland's decision to seek NATO membership in the next few...
