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Finland’s parliament votes sure to NATO


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Finland’s parliament votes yes to NATO
2022-05-18 11:17:17
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HELSINKI, May 17 (Reuters) - Finland's parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly authorised a proposal to use for membership of the NATO army alliance in a historic coverage shift prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

President Sauli Niinisto and the government determined officially on Sunday that Finland would apply for membership but the determination was pending parliament's approval.

Of the 200 lawmakers, 188 voted in favour and eight against the appliance, Speaker Matti Vanhanen said.

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Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said the choice was no purpose to rejoice because "there is struggle in Europe".

"Finland's membership in NATO will not change our primary pondering that we will all the time seek peaceable solutions and we're a peace-loving nation that may at the start seek diplomatic solutions to each battle," he mentioned in the course of the debate.

Opponents to the application included some lawmakers from the Left Alliance, a part of Finland's five-party coalition, among them Markus Mustajarvi who challenged the decision with a counter proposal leading to it being put to the vote.

"Our border would change into the border between the navy alliance and Russia. New tensions would not be a threat solely in the course of the application course of but moderately a brand new and everlasting condition of our foreign and safety coverage," he said.

Early on Tuesday, the international affairs committee decided to affix the state leadership in proposing to parliament that the Nordic country ought to apply for membership.

"Having heard a very giant number of specialists and having received the opinions of 10 (parliamentary) committees, the international affairs committee agrees with the federal government that Finland ought to apply for membership in NATO. This decision is unanimous," chairman Jussi Halla-aho informed reporters.

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Reporting by Anne Kauranen; Enhancing by Robert Birsel and Alison Williams

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