Finland’s Nordic neighbour Sweden, on the brink of joining NATO, signed a similar deal last week.

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.

  • K[r]ukenbergEnglish
    1•7 months ago

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

    Good thing Greece and Turkey are BFFs.

      • @EvergreenGuru@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2•7 months ago

        Doubtful. Greece has been limping along economically for a decade and Turkey is a major player in drone warfare. Also, I don’t wish war on either of those countries.

      • K[r]ukenbergEnglish
        1•7 months ago

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