NATO head says Finland to join alliance on April 4

Brussels: Finland will officially join NATO on April 4, and the country’s flag will be raised at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday.

“This is a historic week. Tomorrow, we will welcome Finland as the 31st member of NATO,” Stoltenberg told reporters ahead of a ministerial meeting in Brussels, adding that the alliance “will raise the Finish flag for the first time … at the headquarters.”