MOSCOW, June 6 — The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is considering expanding its headquarters in Brussels to find room for Finland and other potential future members, reported Sputnik.
“Finland’s move into NATO’s headquarters will be completed in the coming weeks and months,” a NATO official said, as reported by pan-European news website Euractiv.
Euractiv also reported that according to two unnamed NATO diplomats, a solution the alliance’s leadership considered is constructing an additional building on NATO’s campus, which could host the alliance’s international staff and agencies. This would be a “temporary solution.”
The expansion of the new headquarters with an extra wing, which was planned originally, would be only plan B, NATO diplomats said, adding that such a decision would be “too costly.”
Sweden, along with Finland, submitted its NATO application in May 2022, several months after Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine. Finland became a member of the alliance in April 2023. Sweden’s application is still pending approval from Hungary and Turkey.
— Bernama
