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Finland's Official NATO Membership | 04/04/2023

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@DEFCON Warning System @RiffRaff @Friendly Engineer @krzepice1976 I'm excited to report some good news to you guys for once! Hope you all wake up to this wonderful news first. 🥳
 
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NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg:
I congratulated President @niinisto on the completion of the historic ratification of #Finland’s accession. I look forward to raising #Finland’s flag at #NATO HQ in the coming days. Together we are stronger & safer.
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@DEFCON Warning System probably should add it to our monthly update before you release it soon with new month upon us.

AMAZINGLY great news Finland is now appart of NATO! 🇺🇳💪
 
DarkNoon 🇺🇦 said:
Yes it is official and it has been ratified by all 30 members
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It took me some searching, because I was curious as to why I hadn't seen banner headlines on this.

Apparently, Finland hasn't officially joined NATO yet. There are still some steps that have to be taken.

However, a few more steps and procedures are required before the northern European nation becomes the 31st full NATO member:

ACCEPTANCE LETTERS

Turkey and Hungary dispatch acceptance letters to the United States which is the depositary, or safekeeper, of NATO under the alliance’s 1949 founding treaty. The letters will be filed in the archives of the U.S. State Department, which will notify NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg that the conditions for inviting Finland to become a member were met.


INVITATION

NATO sends a letter signed by Stoltenberg inviting Finland to join the military alliance.

SIGNATURES

Finland sends its own acceptance document, signed by Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, to the U.S. State Department. Finnish President Sauli Niinistö authorized Haavisto to sign the document. Either the Finnish Embassy in Washington or a Finnish government official will deliver the document.
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FULL MEMBERSHIP

Once Finland’s membership acceptance document reaches the State Department in Washington, the country officially becomes a NATO member.
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apnews.com

Finland's NATO membership: What's next?

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Finland will officially join the military alliance on Tuesday. The green light comes days after Turkey's parliament endorsed Finland's accession. All NATO members must vote unanimously to admit a new country into the alliance, and Turkey was the last...
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DEFCON Warning System said:
It took me some searching, because I was curious as to why I hadn't seen banner headlines on this.

Apparently, Finland hasn't officially joined NATO yet. There are still some steps that have to be taken.





apnews.com

Finland's NATO membership: What's next?

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Finland will officially join the military alliance on Tuesday. The green light comes days after Turkey's parliament endorsed Finland's accession. All NATO members must vote unanimously to admit a new country into the alliance, and Turkey was the last...
apnews.com apnews.com
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Yes but for all intensive purposes they're pretty much in. Even NATO secretary Jen Stoltenberg said the Finish flag will be raised at NATO HQ in coming days. Clearly Finland has made it.
 
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