Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Marin Announced Sunday that the Finnish President and government Ministers for Foreign affairs and Security Policy and the Commission approved Finland's application to join NATO
Inisto and Marine called it a historic day. Fenla's Foreign Minister Havilisto said earlier that a paper application for NATO membership would be formally presented at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday
Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for Finland's foreign Ministry, said on Monday that he hoped all sides would follow the principle of "indivisible security"
We should uphold the concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security through dialogue and negotiation on the basis of respecting each other's reasonable relations
To build a balanced, effective and sustainable regional security architecture in order to truly achieve lasting peace and stability in Europe
China and Russia have been very friendly. Finland's application to join NATO will certainly give
The move comes hours after Finland formally announced its bid for membership on Sunday
Sweden followed suit as the ruling Social Democratic Party held its third internal meeting at around 5pm local time on Sunday
Announcing a formal decision to support Sweden's membership of NATO, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson told a news conference
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Mr Adesson said that while non-alignment was good for Sweden, it was no longer a sustainable strategy
The Civic Party said in a press release that if the application is approved by NATO, the party will put forward the condition that NATO will not deploy nuclear weapons and permanent bases on Swedish territory
The two governments are expected to submit motions to their respective parliaments on Monday once the decision is approved, sources said
A formal joint entry application is expected to be submitted to NATO on Monday afternoon local time Swedish Prime Minister Anders Andersson and the moderate party chairman Jan Christsson held a joint press conference
The announcement follows a parliamentary debate on the same day that the Swedish government will apply to join NATO in what observers say is a strategic view
The accession of Finland and Sweden to the Treaty will greatly change the situation in the Baltic Sea and its surrounding areas,
bringing its influence further to the Arctic region, which will become increasingly important economically
"How will Sweden and Finland change NATO?" the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung website said Friday
Finland has 672 active artillery systems while Sweden has a modern navy including five Vesbiki corvettes and five submarines
All of this will provide valuable support to NATO naval forces and the air power of both countries is very important for NATO
Finland recently ordered 64 F-35s from Lockheed Martin and Sweden has 96 British division fighters and saab, a major defence conglomerate
Separately, the Financial Times website reported that the Baltic countries welcomed Sweden and Finland's expected accession to NATO
Saying it would greatly improve their own security and their ability to defend themselves against Russian attacks, Latvia's Foreign Minister Edgar Linkiewicz said
The Baltic Sea will therefore become NATO's sea and Finland and Sweden's decision to join NATO will change that neutral status and this is a historic world
This would have a further impact on the security landscape of post-cold War Europe
The consequence of this shock is that Russia will inevitably react accordingly and so will the corresponding response
Push NATO and Russia further into confrontation and Europe further divided
I think this is a negative development for the long-term peace and stability of the European continent
Other analyses suggest that the move reverses decades of Finnish policy towards NATO and overturns more than two centuries of Swedish attitudes towards military alliances
It will be the sixth expansion of NATO against Russia, which means further extension of NATO's strategic encirclement and deterrence of Russia