“The debate on the report on Finland's membership in NATO has ended.

The debate lasted more than 14 hours, 212 speeches were delivered," the report says.

After the end of the debate, the issue was referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee.

The Finnish government has previously made a formal decision to apply for membership in NATO.

Finnish Minister of State Property and Relations with the EU Tytti Tuppurainen said that the Finnish authorities are ready for "all sorts of unpleasant measures" from Russia because of the country's plans to join NATO.