Finnish President Alexander Stubb commented on changes in nuclear weapons legislation

The change in Finnish legislation in the field of nuclear weapons, which lifted the ban on the import of nuclear weapons into the country, is not related to Finland’s accession to France’s nuclear deterrence initiative, says the President of the Republic, Alexander Stubb.

The country's authorities previously lifted the ban on the import, manufacture, storage and use of nuclear weapons in the country. On Monday, Finland joined the French nuclear deterrence initiative.

"The change in the nuclear energy law is related to our membership in NATO and the nuclear deterrence associated with it, not to this initiative," Stubb told reporters broadcast by Yle.

Stubb in June approved amendments to the nuclear energy law and the criminal code, which lifted the ban on the import, manufacture, storage and use of nuclear weapons in the country.