Official announcement by the President and Prime Minister
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hwang Chul-hwan = The Finnish government announced on the 15th (local time) that it has decided to apply for membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
According to the Associated Press and Archyde.com, Finland’s President Sauli Ninistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin held a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki on the same day.
Finland’s parliament is expected to approve it within a few days, and the process is considered formal, the Associated Press reported.
Accordingly, Finland will submit an official application for membership to the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, and this will be done within the next week, AP predicted.
Finland, a Nordic country, was a member of the European Union (EU) and maintained its neutral status for a long time in consideration of relations with Russia, which borders Russia.
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