Finland makes bid for NATO membership “without delay” as Russia threatens retaliatory steps
The Kremlin is watching Helsinki closely after Finnish leaders said they intended to apply for NATO member status “without delay,” according to furious Russian officials. “Russia will be forced to take retaliatory steps of military-technical and other characteristics in order to counter the emerging threats to its national security,” the country’s foreign ministry said in a Thursday statement.
Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin had made a joint call for membership in the Western military alliance earlier on Thursday, saying it would strengthen their country’s security. “We hope the national steps still needed to make this decision will be taken rapidly within the next few days,” Niinistö and Marin said in a statement. The Finnish presidentthat he had spoken to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about Finland’s NATO plans.
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