Finland makes official decision to apply to join NATO

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Finland makes official decision to apply to join NATO

STORY: Finland makes official decision to apply to join NATO DATELINE: May 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Helsinki CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of press conference 2. various of news STORYLINE: Finland's president and the government's foreign policy committee on Sunday took the official decision to start the process of the country's application to become a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). "On May 15, the President of the Republic and the Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy of the Government finalized a report on Finland's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The report will proceed to the plenary session of the Government today... and after its approval, it will be submitted to Parliament," the government said in a statement. Addressing a joint press conference with Prime Minister Sanna Marin, President Sauli Niinisto described the day as historical as a new era is opening. He said that Finnish security is not "a zero-sum game," not

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