April 4, 2023

With a Finnish flag rising first time outside the NATO headquarters, the Nordic nation officially became NATO's 31st member country at a meeting of the US-led bloc's foreign ministers, including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on Tuesday in Brussels, a historic shift away from the Nordic nation's traditional policy of neutrality, which Chinese experts believe now pushes Finland to the forefront against Russia and may spur Moscow to boost its nuclear deployment, thus making Europe's overall security landscape even more precarious.

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto travelled to Brussels and participated in the official ceremony of his country's accession to NATO on Tuesday. Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto and Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen also took part in the ceremony.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday that from the day on, "Finland will get an ironclad security guarantee," as the rule of "one for all, all for one" now apply to Finland.

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