{"id":34328,"date":"2022-05-15T15:52:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T15:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/05\/15\/finland-to-seek-nato-entry-in-new-era-amid-russias-war\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:55:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:55:37","slug":"finland-to-seek-nato-entry-in-new-era-amid-russias-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/05\/15\/finland-to-seek-nato-entry-in-new-era-amid-russias-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Finland to seek NATO entry in \u2018new era\u2019 amid Russia\u2019s war"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BERLIN \u2014 Finland\u2019s government declared a \u201cnew era\u201d is underway after announcing Sunday its intention <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/05\/12\/north-macedonia-us-leads-exercise-in-natos-newest-member\/\" target=\"_blank\">to join NATO<\/a>, while Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg expressed hope that Ukraine could win the war as Russian military advances appear to be faltering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sweden also moved a step closer to applying for NATO membership after the governing Social Democratic party backed joining the trans-Atlantic alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt its meeting today, the Social Democrats\u2019 party board has decided that the party will work for Sweden to apply for membership in NATO,\u201d the party said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan to join the alliance will be discussed in Sweden\u2019s parliament on Monday, and Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson\u2019s Cabinet will make an announce later that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/05\/13\/troops-sent-to-bolster-nato-begin-turnover-as-us-mulls-larger-footprint-in-europe\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1375230684.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Troops sent to bolster NATO begin turnover as US mulls larger footprint in Europe<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201cThe deployments are one-for-one unit replacements, which will leave our overall force posture in the region \u2014 approximately 100,000 \u2014 unchanged,\u201d the Pentagon&#039;s spokesman said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Finland, President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin made the announcement that their country would seek membership in NATO during a joint news conference Sunday at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki. The previously neutral Nordic country shares a long border with Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a historic day. A new era begins,\u201d Niinisto said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Finnish Parliament is expected to endorse the decision in the coming days. A formal membership application will then be submitted to NATO headquarters in Brussels, most likely at some point next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement came as top diplomats from the 30 NATO member states met in Berlin to discuss providing further support to Ukraine and moves by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2022\/05\/12\/finlands-top-leaders-press-for-rapid-nato-membership\/\">Finland, Sweden<\/a>&nbsp;and others to join NATO in the face of threats from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRussia\u2019s war in Ukraine is not going as Moscow had planned,\u201d Stoltenberg said by video link as he recovers from a COVID-19 infection.\u201d \u201cThey failed to take Kyiv. They are pulling back from around Kharkiv. Their major offensive in Donbas has stalled. Russia is not achieving its strategic objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUkraine can win this war,\u201d he said, adding that NATO must continue to step up its military support to the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-putin-sauli-niinisto-cd1f994d0bb8a38fced938ce4c4ec28d\">Sweden has also already taken steps<\/a>&nbsp;toward joining the alliance, while&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/e5af41a28bc84c46b4008dedee96f107\">Georgia\u2019s bid<\/a>&nbsp;is again being discussed despite dire warnings from Moscow about the consequences if its neighbor becomes part of NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nordic NATO member Norway said it strongly welcomed Finland\u2019s decision to seek membership. Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt described Helsinki\u2019s move as \u201ca turning point\u201d for the Nordic region\u2019s defense and security policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFinnish membership in NATO will be good for Finland, good for the Nordic region, and good for NATO. Finland has Norway\u2019s full support,\u201d Huitfeldt said in comments emailed to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Huitfeldt said the Norwegian government would facilitate \u201ca swift consent to ratification by the Norwegian Parliament\u201d for Finland\u2019s accession into NATO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are now seeing unprecedented unity in NATO. With the Finnish membership, we will further strengthen the Nordic flank of the military alliance,\u201d Huitfeldt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stoltenberg said he was confident the accession process for Finland and Sweden could be expedited in the existing member states. In the meantime, the alliance would increase its presence in the Baltic region to deter Russian threats, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll allies realize the historic magnitude of the moment,\u201d Stoltenberg added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That sentiment was echoed by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSweden and Finland, if you\u2019re ready, we\u2019re ready,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But NATO member Turkey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/05\/13\/turkeys-leader-opposes-letting-finland-sweden-join-nato\/\" target=\"_blank\">has raised concerns about the two countries joining<\/a>, alleging they support Kurdish militants that Ankara considers terrorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party, or PKK, has waged an insurgency against Turkey since 1984 and the conflict has killed tens of thousands of people. Turkey has also been infuriated by U.S. support for PKK-linked Syrian Kurdish militants to fight the Islamic State group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkish Foreign Minister Mevl\u00fct \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu told reporters in Berlin on Sunday that Finland and Sweden had also imposed restrictions on defense sales to Turkey that he called \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not because we are against the expansion of NATO but because we believe countries who support terror and follow such policies against us should not be NATO allies,\u201d \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Stoltenberg said his understanding is that Turkey aims not to keep Finland or Sweden out but rather to have its concerns addressed first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTurkey has made it clear that their intention is not to block membership,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nonetheless, Turkey\u2019s raising of its grievances has led to concerns in Washington and Brussels that other NATO members might also use the admission process as a way to wring concessions from allies, possibly complicating and delaying accession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5993\" height=\"3995\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22135269611534.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22135269611534.jpg.jpg 5993w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22135269611534.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22135269611534.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22135269611534.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22135269611534.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22135269611534.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5993px) 100vw, 5993px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NATO Foreign Minister attend an informal meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Foreign Ministers&#8217; session in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (Michael Sohn\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who spoke with \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu and will see him again on the margins of a special U.N. Security Council meeting later this week in New York, declined to comment on those concerns. But he voiced confidence that all NATO members would support the bids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI heard almost across the board, very strong support for Finland and Sweden joining the alliance, if that\u2019s what they choose to do, and I\u2019m very confident that we will reach consensus,\u201d he said after the meeting in Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the sidelines of the Berlin meeting, Blinken met earlier Sunday with Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba to discuss the impact of the war and how to get Ukraine\u2019s grain to international markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Blinken \u201cunderscored the United States\u2019 enduring commitment to Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russia\u2019s unprovoked war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Britain\u2019s top diplomat said NATO members would also discuss security issues beyond Europe during their meeting Sunday \u2014 a reference to growing unease among democratic nations about the rise of China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs well as protecting Euro-Atlantic security, we also need to watch out for Indo-Pacific security,\u201d Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting follows a gathering of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven leading economies on Germany\u2019s Baltic Sea coast this week. Officials there expressed strong support for Ukraine and warned that Russia\u2019s blockade of grain exports from Ukrainian ports&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-beijing-moscow-1a3eb11085ae9b8fb958d29d2f13bef3\">risks stoking a global food crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Denmark\u2019s foreign minister, Jeppe Kofod, dismissed suggestions that objections from Russian President Vladimir Putin could hinder the alliance from letting in new members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe see now a world where the enemy of democracy number one is Putin and the thinking that he represents,\u201d Kofod said, adding that NATO would also stand with other countries, such as Georgia, which he said were being \u201cinstrumentalized\u201d by Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Jari Tanner reported from Helsinki. 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