Finland's president Sauli Niinisto in a ceremony In Helsinki on Thursday (March 23) signed the legislation needed for Finland to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, Reuters reports.
Finland last year sought to join the military alliance in response to Russia's war in Ukraine, and legislation incorporating NATO's founding treaties was passed in parliament in Helsinki on March 1.
Hungary and Turkey, the only NATO members that have yet to ratify Finland's membership, have both signalled that they will soon do so.
