BRUSSELS: Finland will join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Tuesday (Apr 4), marking the completion of a swift journey into the military alliance for the Nordic nation following Russia's invasion of Ukrain
Finland has a 1,300km border with Russia, meaning NATO's frontier with Russia will roughly double in length, and the move drew a pledge from Moscow that it will beef up its forces in border regions.
"We will raise the Finnish flag for the first time here at NATO headquarters. It will be a good day for Finland's security, for Nordic security and for NATO as a whole," Stoltenberg said. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February last year pushed Finland and its neighbour Sweden to apply for NATO membership, abandoning decades of military non-alignment.voted to ratify Helsinki's application"President Putin went to war against Ukraine with the clear aim to get less NATO," Stoltenberg said."He's getting the exact opposite."Turkey continues to hold up Sweden's application.
Stoltenberg pledged to work hard to get Sweden into NATO as soon as possible. He also stressed that NATO and Swedish officials were already working to bring Sweden closer to the alliance even as they wait for membership to be finalised.
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