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New member Finland to take part in NATO's nuclear planning

FILE PHOTO: Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (L) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken as NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg watches during a joining ceremony at alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, April 4, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Pool/File Photo

NATO's new member Finland will participate in the Western military alliance's nuclear planning and support operations, the Finnish defence ministry said on Thursday, although it has decided not to allow any nuclear arms on its soil.

In a historic security policy U-turn after decades of military non-alignment, Finland became NATO's 31st member on April 4, responding to neighbouring Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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