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Finland joins NATO amid looming threat of Russian aggression

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (L) and Finland's Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on March 20, 2023. AFP - KENZO TRIBOUILLARD

Finland officially joins NATO on Tuesday, becoming the 31st member of the world’s biggest military alliance – a step that Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said would make the region safer and the organisation stronger.

"We will raise the Finnish flag for the first time here at NATO headquarters. It will be a good day for Finland's security, for Nordic security and for NATO as a whole," Stoltenberg told reporters in Brussels on Monday.

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