Finland will be officially admitted to NATO this Tuesday.
The country will be welcomed as the 31st member of the defense alliance on the sidelines of a meeting of foreign ministers and the Finnish flag will be raised for the first time at NATO headquarters, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Brussels on Monday. . It will be a good day for Finnish security, for Nordic security and for NATO as a whole.
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Finland and Sweden decided last year to apply for NATO membership after a long period of military non-alignment. However, Turkey, which is currently one of the 30 members that has to agree, initially expressed concern and delayed accession for months. It was not until mid-March that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that he would abandon his previous opposition to Finland’s accession.
To this day, Erdogan maintains the blockade against Sweden’s accession. He mainly accuses the country of a lack of action against “terrorist organisations”. Ankara is particularly concerned about the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party PKK. Erdogan initially made similar accusations against Finland. (sda/dpa)
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