“I am sure that the accession will take place in the near future,” she said at a press conference with Danish colleague Jeppe Kufud in Berlin.
According to her, some outstanding issues regarding the membership of Sweden and Finland in NATO are currently being discussed with Turkey.
However, Burbock concluded, Germany is ready to "ratify very quickly" the accession of countries to the alliance.
Earlier, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey cannot say "yes" to the membership of Finland and Sweden in NATO.