Watch as Biden meets with Nordic leaders in Finland after Nato summit
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Your support makes all the difference.Joe Biden met with Nordic leaders in Helsinki, Finland, on Thursday 13 July.
The meeting was hosted by Finland’s president Sauli Niinisto and other attendees include the prime ministers of Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland.
Mr Biden’s visit to the Finnish capital brought to a close his five-day European tour that was carefully sketched to highlight the growth of Nato - which the US president says has fortified itself since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Finland joined as the military alliance’s newest member earlier this year, an entry that effectively doubled Nato’s border with Russia.
Biden arrived in Helsinki after what he deemed a successful annual summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, where G7 allies agreed a joint framework for providing long-term security pledges to Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelensky called the summit’s outcome “a significant security victory” for his country but did express disappointment Kyiv did not get an outright invitation to join Nato.
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