Finland's President Sauli Niinisto on Thursday warned that the country's new status as a NATO member 'doesn't solve every problem,' and said Helsinki should not let down its guard on security issues.
"We must not let this level of alertness drop in the future, either," the president said as he formally opened the 200-member Eduskunta legislature. "We should better understand how organically the dangers and tensions we are witnessing here are linked with the increasing geopolitical pressures."
In May 2022, Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered European Union member Finland's historic decision to abandon its non-alignment policy and seek NATO membership. Finns became the 31st members of the world's biggest military alliance on April 4 after the national parliaments of all of NATO's 30 member states ratified the Nordic country's membership.
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