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Newest NATO member Finland signs defence pact with US

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Finland’s Nordic neighbour Sweden, on the brink of joining NATO, signed a similar deal last week.

Newest NATO member Finland signs defence pact with US

NATO’s newest member, Finland, has announced it will sign a bilateral defence cooperation agreement next week with the United States.

The deal will allow Washington to station troops and store weapons inside the Nordic country, which shares a sprawling border with Russia.

Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen told a news conference in Helsinki on Thursday that Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen will sign the so-called Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) on Monday.

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