Finland Announces Plan to Pull Out of International Landmine Treaty

The move put the Finnish government on the same path as Poland and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels on Dec. 19, 2024. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP Photo

Finland is planning to remove itself from a global convention banning anti-personnel landmines, its government announced on Tuesday.

The nation, one of NATO’s newest members, also plans to boost defense spending to at least 3 percent of GDP by 2029, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo told a press conference.