UK’s Sunak Hails ‘Historic Day’ as Finland Joins NATO

NATO flag (C) and Finland flags flutter over the building of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Helsinki on April 4, 2023. Sergei Grits/AP Photo

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has hailed Finland’s accession to the NATO military alliance, calling it a “historic day.”

Finland formally joined NATO on Tuesday as Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto completed the accession process by handing over an official document to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.