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of the year. let s cross live to brussels. finline has become the 31st member of nato and nato secretary general jens stoltenberg is holding a press conference. let sjoin it. at jens stoltenberg is holding a press conference. let s join it. conference. let s oin it. at times like this friends conference. let s join it. at times like this friends and conference. let s join it. at times like this friends and allies - conference. let s join it. at times like this friends and allies are - like this friends and allies are more important than ever and a fenland now has the strongest friends and allies in the world. president putin wanted to slam nato s today we show the world that he failed. that aggression and intimidation do not work. instead of less nato, he has achieved the opposite, more nato. and our door remains firmly open. thank you for your outstanding leadership and commitment, president, and for leading finland into the most successful alliance in history. s ....
Eec, the council of europe, the oecd, and finally the eu in 1995 so it is an important day for us. do ou feel it is an important day for us. do you feel any sense of relief from this? . . , you feel any sense of relief from this? ~ . , , you feel any sense of relief from this? always in this profession when a diplomatic this? always in this profession when a diplomatic process this? always in this profession when a diplomatic process reaches - this? always in this profession when a diplomatic process reaches its - a diplomatic process reaches its conclusion it is extremely satisfying to see that happening. and also from the point of view of security, we see that the nato membership increases are security. it is a relief in that sense. we see nato as adding to the strong national defence that we have built over the years, and the threshold for russia to do anything against finland has certainly risen. what finland has certainly risen. what kind of impact finland has certainly ris ....
Share, today, has responded by saying that they will be keeping an eye on the situation russia today has responded. so there is that aspect to this. but in some senses it is almost like a psychological shift in finland, whereby nato membership is seen now to be giving finland a level of security that it feels it should possibly have, the ironclad security guarantee that was mentioned by yen stoltenberg is part of this also and it seems to be a great sense of relief amongst the nato leadership that nato membership is done and dusted deal. the deeper question is, this is the early stages. and we don t necessarily know yet what the full shape of nato s finnish membership will look like. we have a number of different ....
Need be, so finland, as always, takes its membership of any organisation very seriously, and is ready for all of the benefits but also commitments of membership. talk to me about support within finland. you are in helsinki. i m sure you spend a lot of time there. i know that there is and has been quite a lot of support for this. do you expect that level of support to continue? i expect that level of support to continue? ., expect that level of support to continue? expect that level of support to continue? ., . ., ., continue? i do. when parliament voted on membership continue? i do. when parliament voted on membership last - continue? i do. when parliament voted on membership last year, | continue? i do. when parliament| voted on membership last year, it was done with a very convincing, overwhelming majority of 188 mp5 out of 200. we have parliamentary elections here on sunday and the composition of the parliament did not change and all of the parliamentary parties were for the memb ....
Point, will continue. from the finnish point, also, will continue. from the finnish point, also, swedish membership is most point, also, swedish membership is most important. but stability and security, most important. but stability and security, i most important. but stability and security, i wish that we can keep our share security, i wish that we can keep our share of security, i wish that we can keep our share of increasing that indeed. that deep our share of increasing that indeed. that deep defence alliance we have. we have that deep defence alliance we have. we have time for a few questions, please. mr we have time for a few questions, lease. ~ , ., , ., . please. mr president, how historic is this moment? please. mr president, how historic is this moment? you please. mr president, how historic is this moment? you were - please. mr president, how historic is this moment? you were born, l please. mr president, how historic - is this moment? you were born, 1948, ....