12/16/2023 – Newest NATO member Finland signs defence pact with US

By Euronews with AP

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.

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