Finland to officially join Nato today Today is the day that Finland finally joins Nato.

A ceremony, the main proceedings of which begin at 2pm, will see Finland’s blue and white flag raised among those of its partners outside the alliance’s Brussels headquarters.
It falls on Nato’s very own birthday, the 74th anniversary of the signing of its founding Washington Treaty on 4 April 1949. It also coincides with a meeting of the alliance’s foreign ministers.

10am: Doorstep statement by Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg
10.10am: Ministers’ arrivals and doorstep statements
11.30am: Joint statement from Mr Stoltenberg and the minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine (Dmytro Kuleba)
12.30pm: Joint statement of from Mr Stoltenberg and the US secretary of state (Antony Blinken)
2pm: Brief press point by the Mr Stoltenberg and the Finnish president Sauli Niinistö.
2.35pm: Ceremony for Finland’s accession to Nato
3pm: Meeting of the Nato-Ukraine Commission with Finland and Sweden

Finland has a 1,300km (810 miles) border with Russia, meaning Nato’s direct frontier with Russia will roughly double in length. Its membership, first sought in May last year, was ratified by Turkey last week, lifting the last hurdle to accession. Tuesday will mark the first enlargement of the defence bloc since North Macedonia joined in 2020.
Moscow immediately responded by pledging to boost troop numbers in its western and northwestern regions.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-putin-finland-nato-b2313588.html#post-1134081