Along with Finland's official admittance to NATO comes 830 more miles of shared borders between the military alliance and Russia.
promised his country would"be a strong and capable ally, committed to the security of the alliance."
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and local officials and troops walk around the destroyed area in Borodyanka, a small Ukrainian town, on January 24. Finland will officially join NATO on Tuesday, doubling the bloc's shared borders with Russia.Niinistö's office said in a Monday statement that the president and Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto will be present at the accession ceremony at NATO's headquarters in Brussels.
During remarks made at a Monday press conference, Stoltenberg called Finland's alliance bid the"fastest ratification process in NATO's modern history." "This is an historic week," he said."Tomorrow, we will welcome Finland as the thirty-first member of NATO...We will raise the Finnish flag for the first time here at the NATO headquarters. It will be a good day for Finland's security, for Nordic security, and for NATO as a whole."
Meanwhile, Russia has already said it will boost its military presence in regions near its borders with Finland.Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko"We will strengthen our military capabilities in the western and northwest direction. If the forces and means of other NATO members are deployed on the territory of Finland, we will take additional steps to ensure Russia's military security," Grushko said.
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