British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has hailed Finland’s accession to the NATO military alliance, calling it a “historic day.”
Finland formally joined NATO on Tuesday as Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto completed the accession process by handing over an official document to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
Sunak said: “This is an historic day for Finland and for NATO. Their accession has made our alliance stronger and every one of us safer.”
He urged Turkey and Hungary to approve the application from Sweden, which is also keen to join NATO following Russian President Vladmir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine….