monica jones, welcome to the program. finland has confirmed it will officially apply for nato membership. if approved, the addition of finland were to double nato s border with russia, the application needs to be endorsed by the finish parliament, but that s expected to be a formality. sweden s governing party has also back to plan to join nato. there is one problem, though. nato, a member turkey could use its veto power to block the expansion. it s a radical break with the past one that was almost unimaginable just months ago. in finland s capital, helsinki prime minister, santa marin, announced the country s decision to apply to join nato. after decades of non alignment, they have reached a day, an important decision in good cooperation between the government and the president of the republic. we hope that the parliament will confirmed that decision to apply for nato membership. during the coming days. it will be based on a strong mandate. finland shares a border of over 10