Finland has moved one step closer to joining NATO after Hungary ratified the Nordic country’s bid on Monday. A similar decision is expected in the coming weeks from Turkey.
Still, there are specific steps and procedures that are required before Finland becomes the 31st full member of the Western alliance:Hungary and Turkey - once it has ratified Finland’s bid - dispatch acceptance letters to the United States which is the depositary - or safekeeper - of NATO under the alliance’s 1949 founding treaty. The letters will be filed in the archives of the U.S.
State Department which will immediately notify NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that the conditions for inviting Finland to become a NATO member have been met.NATO subsequently sends Finland an invitation letter signed by Stoltenberg to join the military alliance.Finland sends its own acceptance document, signed by Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, to the U.S. State Department. Haavisto was authorized to sign the document by President Sauli Niinistö.
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