On 4 April, the anniversary of the signing of the Washington Treaty in 1949, Finland will officially become the 31st Allied country.
At a ceremony on the margins of the Alliance’s foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels, the Finnish flag will be raised alongside the Allied flags in the presence of the Secretary General of the Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, and the Finnish President, Sauli Niinistö, as well as the foreign ministers of the Allied countries.
“This is a historic week”, Mr...