that, but i m going to hand you back. thank you very much. let s go live to brussels and the flag raising ceremony that we have been waiting for here on bbc news. officially, finland is a nato member, but this is the symbolic ceremony that was due to happen afterwards. the present of finland, and you can seejens stoltenberg, we can listen to what he is saying. this is an historic day. we welcome finland as the newest member of our alliance. we will raise the finnish flag for the first time here at the nato headquarters. 31 flags flying together as a symbol of our unity and solidarity. on the date, on the 4th of april, 1949, the washington
invitee and it triggered a process when he started to assimilate them into our military civilian structures but it is a different thing to be close and an invitee which is to be a full member which is the case more for land from today on. the case for finland. is the case more for land from today on. the case for finland.- on. the case for finland. thank ou, we on. the case for finland. thank you. we will on. the case for finland. thank you, we will see on. the case for finland. thank you, we will see you on. the case for finland. thank you, we will see you at on. the case for finland. thank you, we will see you at the - on. the case for finland. thank you, we will see you at the flag i you, we will see you at the flag raising ceremony. we will be taking you to that flag raising ceremony imminently on bbc news. to give you a little bit of a running rundown on what was said by yen stoltenberg and the finnish present. over and one for all, a little bit three
flag. the president of finland will be present at that ceremony, and also, the chief of nato, jens stoltenberg. we re joined now by the ambassador of finland to the uk jukka siukosaari who is in the country s capital, helsinki. iam not i am not sure if you are able to watch pictures of this flag raising ceremony, ambassador, buti watch pictures of this flag raising ceremony, ambassador, but i would like to find out your reaction to this historic moment for finland. unfortunately i don t have the live footage in front of me at the moment but it is an historic moment for the hole do nation and political establishment as well. for the whole finnish nation. the european structures have started already in the 505 and 605 with nordic cooperation, and moved on with the
the nato building in brussels. as i said, it looks veryjoyous. a lot of happiness, smiles, back patting, kissing. it is a ceremony we were expecting but having spoken to the ambassador there is definitely a sense of relief, as he put it, when diplomatic efforts like this come to a positive conclusion. as we mentioned earlier, we are waiting for the flag raising ceremony, but it is official, finland is now the official 31st member of the nato security alliance. its succession happened with documents that were handed from the foreign secretary finland tojens stoltenberg and the secretary of state of the us. and this whole procedure can began around a year ago when finland and sweden applied to become members of
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