United States Navy's Aegis guided missile destroyer, USS Bainbridge, is docked at Hernesaari port in Helsinki, Finland, September 18, 2025. REUTERS/Anne Kauranen
HELSINKI (Reuters) -The United States is committed todeepening military cooperation with Finland, Finnish Defence Minister Antti Hakkanen said on Thursday, despite U.S. plans to scale back its operations elsewhere on NATO's eastern flank in Europe.
Finland, which joined NATO in 2023 in response to Russia's 2022 invasion of its other neighbour Ukraine, has a bilateral Defence Cooperation Agreement with the U.S., granting the U.S. military unimpeded access to 15 facilities and areas in Finland.
