Finland Will Apply to Join NATO, President Says, in a Historic Move for the Neutral Country
'Radical change' in policy
Last week, Russia's foreign ministry said Finland joining NATO would be a"radical change" in the country's foreign policy.", both of a military-technical and other nature, in order to stop threats to its national security arising," it said in a statement. Finland has been reviewing its security policy following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which showed the Kremlin is willing to attack a neighboring nation. Finland has been invaded in the past — in 1939, the Soviet Union attacked Finland in what became known as the Winter War.One potential stumbling block to Finland joining the alliance is Turkey, the NATO member with the second-largest military after the U.S.
"I am confident that if these two countries will decide, in the next few days I understand, to seek membership in NATO, that [we] will be able to welcome them and to find all conditions for consensus to be met," he said.
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