Finnish President Alexander Stubb says that joining the NATO alliance a year ago has transformed his country into a “front-line state,” given that it has doubled the military bloc’s border with Russia.
President of Finland Alexander Stubb, left, is received by Sweden ’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at the government headquarters Rosenbad in Stockholm , on the occasion of Stubb’s two-day visit to Sweden , Tuesday, April 23, 2024. President of Finland Alexander Stubb, left, meets with Sweden ’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at the government headquarters Rosenbad in Stockholm , on the occasion of Stubb’s two-day visit to Sweden , Tuesday, April 23, 2024.
“Sweden and Finland therefore not only share a common history. We very much share a common future,” Kristersson said at the news conference. His country becameFinland was part of the Kingdom of Sweden - essentially constituting the nation’s eastern half - for nearly 700 years until 1809 when the area known now as Finland was ceded to the Russian Empire as a result of Europe’s Napoleonic Wars.
Stubb, who spoke in Swedish, which is Finland’s second official language, said it was “impossible to overstate how important it was that we took this step together.”
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