Finland to join Nato military alliance on Tuesday

Finland will become the 31st member of Nato on Tuesday, the Western military alliance's secretary general has announced.

The application was prompted by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, with which Finland shares a long border.

Turkey had delayed the application, complaining that Finland was supporting "terrorists".

Sweden applied to join Nato at the same time last May, but Turkey is blocking it over similar complaints.

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