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Finland, Europe’s seventh largest country, is joining NATO, the world’s largest military alliance. The country will join NATO tomorrow, Tuesday. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said this.

This has been a historic week, he told reporters ahead of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday. Finland will become a full member of the alliance from Tuesday.

The country is the 31st member of the world’s largest military alliance. Stoltenberg expressed hope that Finland’s neighboring country, Sweden, could also join NATO in the next few months. AP news agency.

The former Prime Minister of Norway said that the Finnish flag will be raised for the first time at the NATO headquarters on Tuesday afternoon. This will be a good day for Finnish security, Nordic security and NATO as a whole.

Stoltenberg also said that Türkiye is the latest country to approve Finland’s membership. The country will hand over the official message to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Tuesday.

In July last year, the Western military alliance began the formal process to add Finland and Sweden to NATO. They signed a protocol to join the two countries. Through this, the two countries come closer to becoming NATO countries.

Attacks on any of the NATO countries are considered an attack on other allies. After Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Finland and Sweden applied to join NATO in fear of a Russian attack.

Earlier, Finland and Sweden were repeatedly warned by Russia about joining NATO. In March last year, Russia threatened Finland and Sweden with serious military and political consequences if they joined NATO.

Moscow said it would strengthen its defenses in the region if Sweden and Finland join NATO. As part of this, Moscow has also warned that nuclear weapons will be deployed on the border between the two countries.