Finland would Apply to Join NATO “Without Delay”

According to the reports, The Finland said it would apply to join NATO “without delay”, with Sweden expected to follow suit, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brings about the very expansion of the Western military alliance that Vladimir Putin aimed to prevent.

As per details, The decision by the two Nordic countries to abandon the neutrality they maintained throughout the Cold War would be one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades, They are the 2 biggest EU countries that had stayed out of NATO, and Finland’s 1,300-km (800-mile) border will more than double the frontier between the U.S.-led alliance and Russia, putting NATO guards a few hours’ drive from the northern outskirts of St Petersburg.

President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin said in a joint statement in Helsinki that “Finland must apply for NATO membership without delay,” added that “We hope that the national steps still needed to make this decision will be taken rapidly within the next few days.”