Finland president, prime minister, urge the country to apply for NATO membership 'without delay'

Sauli Niinistö and Sanna Marin, the president and prime minister of Finland, a country on the border of Russia, released a statement backing an application for membership in the North American Treaty Organization (NATO) Thursday amid the Kremlin's aggression on Europe's eastern flank, particularly in Ukraine.

They called for the country to proceed immediately.