President Sauli Niinistö will travel to Brussels and attend an accession ceremony at the NATO headquarters.
Finland will become a member of NATO on Tuesday, the Finnish president’s office notes in a statement.
President Sauli Niinistö will travel to Brussels and attend an accession ceremony at the NATO headquarters.
“Finland will deposit its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the US State Department in Brussels on Tuesday, 4 April, before the start of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs,” the president’s office notes.
Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Greens) will make the deposit. The flag-raising ceremony marking Finland’s accession to NATO will be held at the NATO headquarters after the deposit.
President Niinistö and NATO’S secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, will deliver remarks at the event. Before the ceremony, the president and the secretary general will have a bilateral meeting and a joint press meeting.
In addition to President Niinistö and Foreign Minister Haavisto, Minister of Defence Antti Kaikkonen (Centre) will attend the flag-raising ceremony.
