Finnish Minister Tyuppurainen called the country's accession to NATO "very likely"

“At the moment, I would say that this (Finland's entry into NATO. -

) is very likely, but the decision has not yet been made,” she said.

According to Tyuppurainen, the vast majority of the country's population supports Finland's entry into the North Atlantic Alliance.

Earlier, the newspaper Iltalehti, citing the Foreign and Security Policy Committee of the President of Finland, reported that the country plans to apply for NATO membership in May.

Press Secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov said that the further expansion of the NATO alliance will not bring additional security to the European continent.