#17 Finland´s FM Soini: ”They know we will defend ourselves like tigers and lions, together”

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Finlands utrikesminister Timo Soini och utrikesminister Margot Wallström (S) Foto: Izabelle Nordfjell / TT
Timo Soini (Finns Party) and Margot Wallström (Social Democrat)
Photo: Izabelle Nordfjell / TT

Podcast 72 (Podd72 in Swedish) met with Foreign Minister Timo Soini 12th of October in the Finnish Parliament in Helsinki för a 40 minute long conversation about Finnish foreign policy, her neighbours and the overall security situation in the Baltic Sea region.

Here are some of the issues raised:

00:50 Sweden

12:00 Russia violated Finnish airspace

Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs Timo Soini speaks during a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin in Kiev, Ukraine, (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs Timo Soini (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

15:00 Transatlantic link

17:45 Iskander missiles & Russia

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left and Finland's Foreign Minister Timo Soini address the media, during a press conference at Oulu City Hall, in Oulu, Finland. (Timo Heikkala/Lehtikuva via AP)
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left and Finland’s Foreign Minister Timo Soini address the media, during a press conference at Oulu City Hall, in Oulu, Finland. (Timo Heikkala/Lehtikuva via AP)

23:40 EU center of Hybrid warfare in Finland

32:00 Russian Propaganda.

37:30 EU common defence

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