Finland’s Nordic neighbour Sweden, on the brink of joining NATO, signed a similar deal last week.

NATO’s newest member, Finland, has announced it will sign a bilateral defence cooperation agreement next week with the United States.

The deal will allow Washington to station troops and store weapons inside the Nordic country, which shares a sprawling border with Russia.

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen told a news conference in Helsinki on Thursday that Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen will sign the so-called Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) on Monday.

  • no banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Tbf Ukraine could be let in with the current conflict as it stands the day they become members. What that would probably do is freeze the conflict. But you’re right that it may also escalate it. I don’t know if that is a risk worth taking, to anyone.