Militarily neutral Finland in talks with US on closer defence collaboration - minister
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Finland, which has a long land border with Russia and maintained strict neutrality through the Cold War, is negotiating a defence collaboration agreement with the United States and aims to sign it this autumn, its defence minister said on Monday.
Jussi Niinisto told Reuters the framework agreement, coming at a time when Nordic states have complained of increased Russian military activity in the region, would not contain the obligations for military assistance that membership of the NATO alliance would involve. He stressed that "It would cover areas where we already work together, like military training, information sharing and research."
