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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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[-] cbarrick@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago

Letting Ukraine join now would immediately trigger war between NATO and Russia. That could easily become nuclear.

In NATO, an attack on one is an attack on all. There's a good reason nations cannot join NATO with ongoing border disputes.

[-] Krukenberg@feddit.ch 2 points 9 months ago

There's a good reason nations cannot join NATO with ongoing border disputes.

Good thing Greece and Turkey are BFFs.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Honestly I suspect if those two go at it the Turks are getting balkanized.

[-] Krukenberg@feddit.ch 1 points 9 months ago

Maybe, it's still a major border dispute between Nato members where territorial integrity is violated repeatedly.

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