Finland will become a member of NATO today: Now there will be 31 countries in this alliance; Multi-year support program for Ukraine will also be discussed
Finland will become a new member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Tuesday. It will be the 31st country to join this military alliance. NATO Secretary General Jens Stollenberg gave this information on Monday. The headquarters of NATO is in Brussels. There will be a special ceremony in Brussels on Tuesday. In this, the formalities of making Finland a member of the organization will be completed.
During this, Stollenberg told that NATO will also discuss a multi-year support program for Ukraine in the meeting. He said- I hope that all the members of the Alliance will be in support of making a multi-year program for Ukraine. This is necessary for the Russia-Ukraine war.
Historic week
It is believed that very soon Sweden will also become a part of NATO. Stollenberg said in a conversation with the media – This week is going to be historic for us. NATO countries are coming on one platform. Finland is going to become a new member of our NATO family. It is expected that very soon Sweden will also become a part of it.
Stollenberg is the former Prime Minister of Norway. He said – For the first time the flag of Finland will be hoisted at the NATO headquarters. Now the responsibility of its security will be of NATO countries. Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto and Defense Minister Antti Kaikonen have reached Brussels. He will attend the ceremony.
Problem with Russia
Russia has opposed Finland joining NATO. His Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Grushko said – Every action of NATO is being monitored. We are also going to increase our security circle. If NATO forces are stationed in Finland, we will take some more steps.
Finland’s entry into NATO has happened at a time when it was being demanded in the country. The reason for this is being told as a threat from Russia. Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s party lost the election two days back here. However, she too had been working hard for a long time to become a NATO member.
Now look at Sweden
Turkey and Hungary are two such countries, which were causing difficulties in the inclusion of Finland and Sweden in NATO. He also imposed many conditions. For this reason both the countries were facing difficulty in getting membership. However, Finland has joined this group, now Sweden is on the lookout.
Last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had held talks with the Turkish Foreign Minister on the matter of making Sweden a member. The most important condition for the inclusion of a new member in NATO is that every member of the group agrees on it. NATO said in a statement – Sweden will not be left alone at any cost.
