29 September 2016: The status of the Aaland Islands is confirmed
During the press conference Juha Sipilä, the prime Minister of Finland said that his country doesn`t violate the arrangements from the agreement about the status of the Aaland islands. He also emphasized that he does not take into account changes in the status of the island. Currently, the ruling regime is the demilitarization of the island. Discussions and uncertainties concerning possible changes in defense of the island, had already begun when there was some action on Gotland, an island belong to Sweden.
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This information was given at the annual informal meeting of the Nordic Prime Ministers Permanent Secretary of Iceland's Prime Minister's Office Ragnhildur Arnljotsdottir, Danish PM Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Finnish PM Juha Sipilä, Norwegian PM Erna Solberg and Swedish PM Stefan Löfven.
Aaland Islands are located on the Baltic Sea. It lie between Sweden and Finland. Current status was granted in 1856 after the Crimean War.
