“From the very beginning we said that we have few problems with Finland.

But both countries, including NATO, a number of members of the alliance announced a parallel process of membership of these countries (Finland and Sweden),” RIA Novosti quotes Cavusoglu as saying at a press conference in Ankara.

He noted that since that moment, positive statements have been made by Helsinki, positive steps have been taken on the issue of limiting the supply of weapons.

The minister clarified that there were no provocations from the Finnish side, similar to what happened in Sweden.

Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan admitted that his country could consider Finland's application for NATO membership separately from Sweden.