Foreign Minister Ann Linde (S) continues to take the tense security situation around Ukraine seriously and states, like many others, that the situation is very uncertain. 

- Sweden is very dependent on the European security system for our security.

It is about each country being allowed to choose a path in security policy, not to use or threaten to use force, to maintain territorial integrity and how to resolve conflicts, all of this is at stake.

says Ann Linde in Agenda.

Can be forced into concessions

Linde sees an imminent risk that Ukraine will be pressured by Russia to make major concessions in order to reach a solution. 

- It could be about giving self-determination to the eastern regions of the Donbass, for example, which gives Russia an influence over Ukraine, she says.

Rejects "Finnishization" as a solution

In a conversation with journalists in connection with his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow this week, French President Emanuel Macron is said to have put forward the idea of ​​a "Finnishisation" of Ukraine as a possible solution to the crisis.

In that case, it would be a balancing act that Finland went through during the Cold War as an independent country but which took great account of Russian interests.

But when Macron met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday, he said he did not use the word "Finnishization".  

And Ann Linde does not believe in such a solution at all. 

- Absolutely not.

Because it was a matter of having to adapt its security policy to Russia's position.

That is exactly what the European security system says you should not have to do.

So it's a very bad proposal, and I hope it's what Macron says, that he did not say so.

"Is not over-optimistic"

According to Ann Linde, there is a possibility that the crisis will get a diplomatic solution if Russia and Ukraine choose to follow the so-called Minsk Agreement from 2015, when the countries agreed on ceasefire, a withdrawal of heavy weapons from parts of the front line and that local elections would be held in separatist areas. and Donbass.

- It is not out of the question, but I am not overly optimistic, she says about the possibilities.

- Russia still has the opportunity to choose a diplomatic solution.

I hope you do.