NATO to set up northern land command in eastern Finland


  • World
  • Friday, 27 Sep 2024

Finnish Defence Ministeri Antti Hakkanen and Commander of the Finnish Army Lieutenant General Pasi Valimaki attend a press conference, as defence administration of Finland proposes Mikkeli, the town where the Finnish Army Command is based, as the location for NATO's Multi Corps Land Component Command, in Helsinki, Finland, September 27, 2024. Lehtikuva/Emmi Korhonen via REUTERS

HELSINKI (Reuters) - NATO will set up a new land command in Finland near the Russian border next year, tasked with leading the alliance's land force operations in northern Europe in the event of a military conflict, the Finnish defence minister said on Friday.

Finland joined the NATO alliance last year, in response to neighbouring Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine that began in 2022, and is organising the alliance's presence on its territory.

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