Finland Joins NATO Officially, Flag Raised In Headquarters
Finland has become the 31st member of the Nato security alliance.
The Finnish foreign minister who handed the accession document to the US secretary of state and declared Finland a member said Finland’s flag will soon be raised at the alliance's headquarters.
According to BBC, Finland shares a 1,340-km (832-mile) eastern frontier with Russia and formally applied to join Nato with Sweden last May because of Russia's war.
Finland and Sweden had previously both adopted a policy of non-alignment. But after the Ukraine invasion, they chose the protection of Nato's Article Five, which says an attack on one member is an attack on all.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned that Russia would be "watching closely" what happens in Finland, describing Nato's enlargement as a "violation of our security and our national interests".
Sweden's application has for now become stuck, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accusing Stockholm of embracing Kurdish militants and allowing them to demonstrate on the streets. Hungary is also yet to approve Sweden joining.
In effect, it means if Finland were invaded or attacked, all Nato members - including the US - would come to its aid.
Russia's invasion prompted a surge in Finnish public opinion towards joining Nato to 80% in favour.
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