Finland’s Niinistö remains optimistic about Nato membership

PRESIDENT Sauli Niinistö on Thursday indicated that he remains optimistic about the timeline for Finnish and Swedish admission to Nato, reiterating that he believes the membership applications will be ratified by the defence alliance’s summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, in July.

“We’ll both be in Nato by Vilnius. The US has supported and continues to support our memberships,” he told reporters in Washington DC.