podium, it is a pleasure for me to be here with you together with the prime minister of sweden, magdalena andersene for a very good reason, we are taking a historic step it started with strong and public support for the decision of our parliamentary majority, as well as the support of the people, i want to thank mr. president for your strong support throughout this process . it was extremely important for our process, a confirmation of the strong support from the united states for european security and transatlantic security, i want to assure you that finland will become a powerful ally in nato, we take our security seriously and the finnish armed forces forces are among the most powerful in europe, he system and investments are investing in the development of our capabilities and the willingness of the finns to defend their country is among the largest in the world and we are ready to add to the security of the union the security of the alliance and to do what is necessary in nato now we have accepted this we have taken this first decisive step and it is time for nato allies to state their positi

johnson signed the declaration on mutual security support first with the fitting of sweden's magdalena andersen, then with the president of finland, boris johnson visited both countries on the same day, and observers note that british support can to play a key role in the interval between the submission of applications to join nato by these countries and the actual joining of the alliance. but again, these are not the same guarantees as the fifth article of the nato treaty, which provides for the principle of collective defense, and this is the kind of protection that sweden and finland seek in both countries, the idea to join the north atlantic alliance received more support after the russian invasion of ukraine, and let's take a closer look at finland, there the idea of ​​joining nato was supported for years by about a quarter of the population now three quarters, how can this country do what russia so aggressively opposes, explains bbc viewer alla little at first glance, finland may seem like a small country, but the army is one of the largest in europe, the defense and security of the count