Nato border with Russia doubles as Finland becomes 31st member of security alliance

Finland has officially become the 31st member of the NATO military alliance, in a policy shift prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Mr Blinken said: "I'm tempted to say this is maybe the one thing we can thank Mr Putin for. Because he once again here precipitated something he claims to want to prevent."

Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Pekka Haavisto hands over Finland's accession to NATO documents to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.The Kremlin has threatened that it could be forced to take "counter measures" for its own border's security in response. Turkey, which was the last NATO member to ratify Finland's membership, had previously held out from supporting its ascension over concerns about Kurdish terrorist activity in the country.Picture:

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