The statement was made by President Sauli Niinisto.
The President of Finland Sauli Niinistö has officially stated that his The country has decided to apply for NATO membership , Reuters reports.
This statement was made after Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin announced that they were both in favor of joining NATO. The North Atlantic Alliance is the result of a major policy shift caused by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. >
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Recall that on May 14, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto told Russian President Vladimir Putin that his country will decide to “join NATO in the next few days. ” In response, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said it could be “a fatal mistake.”
On the other hand, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke out against Sweden and Finland's NATO membership. p>
