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Finland president, prime minister, urge the country to apply for NATO membership ‘without delay’

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The president and prime minister of Finland, a country on the border of Russia, released a statement backing an application for membership in the North American Treaty Organization (NATO) Thursday amid the Kremlin’s aggression on Europe’s eastern flank, particularly in Ukraine.

“NATO membership would strengthen Finland’s security,” Finland President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin said in a joint statement. “As a member of NATO, Finland would strengthen the entire defence alliance.”

They called for the country to proceed immediately.

UK SHORES UP DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE WITH SWEDEN, FINLAND AS COUNTRIES FLOAT NATO MEMBERSHIP

“Finland must apply for NATO membership without delay,” the leaders added. “We hope that the national steps still needed to make this decision will be taken rapidly within the next few days.”

Finland's President Sauli Niinistö (R) and Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin address a press conference on Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Helsinki, Finland, on February 24, 2022.

Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö (R) and Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin address a press conference on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in Helsinki, Finland, on February 24, 2022.
(Photo by MARKKU ULANDER/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images)

In the statement, Niinistö and Marin noted that the country has engaged in “an important discussion” on NATO membership, for which “time has been needed to let Parliament and the whole society establish their stands on the matter.” The country also delayed in order to develop “close international contacts with NATO and its member countries, as well as with Sweden.”

The statement comes one day after the United Kingdom shored up its defense alliances with Sweden and Finland.

“Today we made history by signing a joint declaration of solidarity to strengthen our security and defense ties and bring our nations even closer together,” UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a tweet after meeting with his Swedish counterpart. “We are literally and metaphorically in the same boat.”

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, and Finland's President Sauli Niinisto, arrive at the Presidential Palace for talks, in Helsinki, Finland, Wednesday, May 11, 2022.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, and Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto, arrive at the Presidential Palace for talks, in Helsinki, Finland, Wednesday, May 11, 2022.
(AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)

Germany and the United States already have agreements to defend Finland and Sweden against Russian aggression.

Last month Moscow threatened that if Sweden and Finland joined the military alliance then it would position nuclear weapons and hypersonic missiles along its western border. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto talk during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 29, 2021.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto talk during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 29, 2021.
(Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Sweden has avoided military alliances for more than 200 years, while Finland adopted neutrality after being defeated by the Soviet Union in World War II.

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The capital city of Finland, Helsinki, sits across the Gulf of Finland from Russia’s historic capital, St. Petersburg. 



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