Häkkänen: In the situation in Gaza, there is no reason to cancel the arms trade between Finland and Israel

Häkkänen said that the Defense Ministries of Finland and Israel have signed a separate agreement on the commitment of both authorities to the trade, which - he added - will not be realized until years from today.

The Left Alliance has called on the government to suspend arms sales with Israel, arguing that it is not right to trade arms with a country that continues to illegally occupy and bomb civilians.

prime minister Petteri Orpo (NCP) outlined on Sunday that Finland should promote peace between Israel and Palestine both in the European Union and the United Nations.

"The situation is very unstable. This is not happening somewhere far away, but close to Europe," he said quoted saying At the party meeting of the Helsingin Sanomat coalition. "Finland's position consists of three core elements: We fully condemn the terrorist attack by Hamas. We recognize Israel's right to self-defense [the boundaries of] international law, human rights. And we want humanitarian aid to reach the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Finland abstained from the UN resolution voted on Friday, which calls for an immediate humanitarian truce in the Gaza region, along with 44 other countries, including Germany, India, Italy, the Baltics and the Nordic countries.

foreign minister Elina Valtonen (NCP) explained Helsingin Sanomat on Saturday that the decision to abstain was made because the resolution did not condemn the attack by Hamas on October 7.

- We voted for the Canadian motion that would have condemned the attacks by Hamas. It didn't work, so we ended up abstaining," he said, stressing that abstention should not be misinterpreted as opposition to the content of the resolution.

"We think the resolution was not balanced enough, but it certainly does not mean that we are against the core messages. It is important that civilians are protected, that humanitarian aid gets through and that hostages are released, he clarifies.

Israel launched its long-awaited ground attack on Gaza on Saturday, October 28.

"This is the second phase of the war, the objectives of which are clear: to destroy the military and administrative resources of Hamas and to bring the hostages home," the Israeli Prime Minister. Benjamin Netanyahu stated According to AP, in a nationally televised press conference on Saturday.

Aleksi Teivainen – HT


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