Finland becomes 31st NATO member after Turkey's approval

Finland becomes 31st NATO member after Turkey's approval

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Category : International Published on: April 03 2023

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  • NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Turkey’s unanimous vote allowed Finland to become the alliance’s 31st member.
  • Finland will now be formally admitted into Nato at its next summit, taking place in July in Lithuania.
  • Finland is now set to become the seventh Nato country on the Baltic Sea, further isolating Russia's coastal access at St Petersburg and on its small exclave of Kaliningrad.
  • NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is an intergovernmental military alliance established in 1949. 
  • It was formed as a collective defense pact between North American and European nations to deter Soviet expansion and protect member states from potential Soviet aggression during the Cold War.
  • The founding members of NATO were the United States, Canada, and ten European nations including Belgium, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United Kingdom.
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