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Finland today became the thirty-first full member NATO after finishing admission process requested after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which means that the country is subject to Article
Finland today became the thirty-first full member NATO after finishing admission process requested after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which means that the country is subject to Article 5 of the Alliance’s collective defense.
“Having received this instrument of ratification, I declare that Finland is the thirty-first member of the North Atlantic Treaty,” US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said at a ceremony at NATO Headquarters.
At this event, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Pekka Haavisto, submitted the last document that was missing to complete the accession process of his country.
Photo: Reuters
In this act, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Pekka Haavisto, presented the last document, which was not enough to complete the process of accession of his country.
Earlier, Blinken confirmed that he had received the same document from Turkey, the latest ally to ratify Finland’s entry.
Traditionally, a country’s accession to NATO is done by depositing all instruments of ratification with US Department of Statewhich guards the Washington Treaty, the founding of the Alliance, but this time the Allies have decided that this supply will be made in the hands of their highest representative, blink.
Thus, the official admission of Finland to NATO coincided with the day when Alliance turns 74 and in which, moreover, the Allied Foreign Ministers begin a two-day meeting in Brussels.
Finland’s accession to the Alliance was fastest in history modern organizations,” Stoltenberg recalled.
“We don’t want others to tell us what we can and can’t do”Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said in a press statement along with NATO Secretary General.
Photo: Reuters
Finland and Sweden both applied for NATO membership after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but Hungary and Turkey have yet to ratify Sweden’s membership.
“Now that we are members of NATO, we have a very important task ahead of us: deliver you Sweden’s instrument of ratification.” Haavisto told Blinken.
Raising the Finnish flag along with the flags of the other 30 allies will end the final touch to the ceremony of welcoming this country to NATO.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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