Finland will become the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday, the Western military alliance's secretary general has announced. The application was prompted by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, with which Finland shares a long border. North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two North American. Turkey had delayed the application, complaining that Finland was supporting 'terrorists'.
The application was prompted by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, with which Finland shares a long border.
Finland will become the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday, the Western military alliance's secretary general has announced. The application was prompted by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, with which Finland shares a long border. North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two North American.Sweden applied to join NATO at the same time last May, but Turkey is blocking it over similar complaints.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused it of embracing Kurdish militants and allowing them to demonstrate on the streets of Stockholm, BBC reports.
Finland, a country with a 1,340km border with Russia and one of the most powerful arsenals of artillery pieces in Western Europe, decided to ditch its neutrality and join the alliance in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Sweden also abandoned a longstanding commitment to neutrality in applying to join NATO, but unlike its neighbour, it does not share a border with Russia.
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