Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that the probability that Finland will join NATO separately from Sweden has increased.

 This is reported by SVT.

 "As everyone has heard in recent weeks, it is not a question of Finland and Sweden's membership being ratified sooner or later. In recent weeks, the probability that this will happen at different rates has increased," Kristersson said.

 He emphasized that the decision is in the hands of Turkey, and that Sweden is ready to deal with the situation when Finland joins NATO separately.

 "Jens Stoltenberg usually points out that if it happens, it won't be a long-term problem. Basically, it's not about whether Sweden will become a NATO member, but when Sweden will become a NATO member," Kristersson said.

 Sweden's chief NATO accession negotiator, Oskar Stenström, says they have had "confidential talks" with Turkey, but there still believes Sweden still has some way to go to implement the agreement signed in Madrid last year.

 "Finland was not expressed a corresponding displeasure, which can be interpreted as Turkey's opinion that Finland has gone much further in fulfilling its part of the memorandum," he noted.

 As reported, on March 9, Turkey's negotiations with Finland and Sweden regarding the accession of the two northern countries to NATO resumed in Brussels.

 In the winter, Turkey suspended negotiations for a long time and began to hint that it could only agree on Finland's accession to NATO after a series of anti-Turkish actions in Sweden, including the burning of the Koran.