5 April 2023

US PRESIDENT WELCOMED FINLAND BECOMING 31^ST MEMBER OF NATO

“With receipt of this instrument of accession, we can now declare that Finland is the 31^st member of the North Atlantic Treaty,” Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State at a ceremony in NATO’s Headquarters, Bressels.

“Russian President Vladimir Putin had wanted to slam NATO’s door shut. Today we show the world that he failed, aggression and intimidation do not work,” Jens Stoltenberg, Chief of NATO said.