RIA Novosti: Turkey did not receive signals from Finland about joining NATO without Sweden

“Earlier, it was stated at the highest level that Turkey has fewer problematic moments with Finland in the NATO membership process than with Sweden.

In this regard, in the presence of a separate application from Sweden, the willingness to consider it was expressed.

But there was no such signal,” the source said.

At the end of January, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström said that Sweden had interrupted the process of joining NATO due to actions with the desecration of the Koran, and expressed the hope that agreements on NATO expansion with Ankara could be reached at the summit of the foreign ministries of the countries of the alliance in Vilnius in July.

On February 1, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey is not currently looking favorably on Sweden's application for NATO membership.