In a momentous policy move brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that drew a threat from Moscow of “countermeasures,” Finland officially joined NATO on Tuesday, with its flag unfurling outside the military alliance’s headquarters in Brussels.
Finland deposited its document of admission to the North Atlantic Treaty with the United States at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on April 4, 2023, officially becoming the alliance’s newest member. Finland’s accession protocol was signed by NATO allies on July 5, 2022, and all thirty national parliaments then voted to ratify Finland’s membership.
We welcome Finland to the Alliance!” said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. “For almost 75 years, this great alliance has shielded our nations and continues to do so today,” “But war has returned to Europe and Finland has decided to join NATO and be part of the world’s most successful alliance.”
Earlier, Stoltenberg pointed out that one of Vladimir Putin’s justifications for invading Ukraine was his resistance to NATO’s eastward expansion. He is receiving the exact opposite, according to Stoltenberg, who added that Sweden become a full-fledged member of the alliance.
Standing with President Niinistö, the Secretary General said, “Finland is safer, and NATO is stronger with Finland as an Ally. Your forces are substantial and highly capable, your resilience is second to none and for many years troops from Finland and NATO countries have worked side-by-side as partners. From today, we will stand together as Allies.”
As the crisis in Ukraine drags on with no end in sight, Finland’s admission, which ends seven decades of military non-alignment, roughly doubles the length of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s shared border with Russia and strengthens its eastern flank.
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