Finland will apply to join NATO, president says, in a historic move for the neutral country

Finland will apply for NATO membership, president says, in historic move for traditionally neutral country

Finland shares an 830-mile border with Russia; if it joins the military alliance, the land border that Russia shares with NATO territories would roughly double.Finland will apply for membership of NATO, the country's president said Sunday, in a historic move for the Nordic country, which has had a decades-long policy of military neutrality.

"We have reached today an important decision," Marin said, adding that it is "based on a strong mandate."

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