NATO chief says Finland’s entry into alliance might be ‘easy and swift’

Finland’s entry into NATO might be “easy and swift” as soon as the nation applies, NATO Common Secretary Jens Stoltenberg stated Thursday.

Stoltenberg made the assertion hours after End President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin issued a joint assertion calling for Finland to use for NATO membership “immediately.”

“Ought to Finland determine to use, they might be warmly welcomed into NATO, and the accession course of can be easy and swift,” Stoltenberg stated Thursday.

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Findland’s membership in NATO would come as a direct results of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Moscow launched a press release making an attempt to thrust back Finland’s membership on Thursday.

“Finland’s entry into NATO will develop into a risk to Russia,” Putin press secretary Dmitry Peskov stated. “The subsequent growth of NATO doesn’t make our continent extra secure and safe.”

“In fact, all this may develop into parts for a particular evaluation and growth of the mandatory measures as a way to steadiness the scenario and guarantee our safety,” he added.

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Finland’s entry into NATO can be notably consequential given its shared border with Russia. None of Russia’s direct neighbors are at present members of the alliance, and Ukraine’s ambitions for becoming a member of NATO had been a central purpose Putin had for invading the nation.

The Kremlin warned final month that it will deploy nuclear and hypersonic missiles to the area if Finland and Sweden be a part of NATO.