NATO Secretary General - Doorstep statement at Foreign Ministers Meeting, 04 APR 2023

Doorstep statement by the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the meetings of NATO Foreign Ministers at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 4 April 2023.
As NATO foreign ministers meet in Brussels today (4 April 2023), Finland will become the 31st member of the Alliance. “On this very day, in 1949, the Washington Treaty, NATO’s founding treaty, was signed in Washington and it is hard to imagine a better way of celebrating our anniversary than to have Finland becoming a full member of the Alliance,” said Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Previewing the meetings of foreign ministers, the Secretary General said that Allies will address NATO’s support to Ukraine, security challenges emanating from the Middle East and North Africa, the importance of increased defence investments, and NATO’s Indo-Pacific partnerships.