by russia s invasion of ukraine. in response, moscow says the finland nato alliance increases the risk of conflict and that it will strengthen its military presence in the region. the head of the military alliance, jens stoltenberg, is calling finland s accession a historic moment. here s what he said earlier. in a few hours we will welcome finland as the slst member of our alliance. this will make finland safer and nato stronger. on this very day in 1949 the washington treaty, nato s founding treaty, was signed in washington, and it s hard to imagine a better way of celebrating our anniversary than to have finland becoming a full member of the alliance. nato s foreign ministers meet at a pivotal time for our security. we see that president putin s war of aggression against ukraine grinds on. we will meet in the nato ukraine commission with the foreign minister where we will address how to sustain and ramp up support from nato allies to ukraine. both the urgent needs, but als
itjoins, but clearly there are issues that russia will be looking at stock as i say, its focus at the moment is on its long, grinding war in ukraine. but it is an important moment for nato today. jonathan, thank you. let s take you to helsinki with sarkka iro, postdoctoralfellow at the finnish institute of international affairs. this must be a big psychological change for the people in fenland, going from neutrality to a nato member within 12 months. well, yes. festival i would member within 12 months. well, yes. festival i would like member within 12 months. well, yes. festival i would like to member within 12 months. well, yes. festival i would like to point - member within 12 months. well, yes. festival i would like to point out - festival i would like to point out that actually we did abandon neutrality in the mid 90s byjoining the european union, so we like to talk about military nonalignment here in fenland, but yes, abandoning thatis here in fenland, but yes, abandoning th