The flag of Finland will be run up the flagpole at NATO headquarters on Tuesday, marking a history-making but bittersweet moment for the alliance — which had hoped to be doing the same thing with Sweden.
The ceremony will take place ahead of a regularly scheduled meeting of alliance foreign ministers. The gathering will focus on both the war in Ukraine and the deepening ties between Russia and China.
Foreign ministers or representatives of Australia, New Zealand and South Korea will be present, said NATO Sec. Gen. Jens Stoltenberg at a media availability Monday ahead of the meeting.
Finland and Sweden applied for NATO membership at the same time almost a
