Sweden 'prepared' for Finland to be a Nato member

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Wednesday that Sweden was prepared for the fact that it may not be welcomed into Nato as soon as its neighbour Finland. Kristersson said that he hoped that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would lift his veto following the Turkish elections in May. It came as Mr Erdogan hinted Turkey was on the verge of approving the application from Finland, whose President Sauli Niinisto is expected in Ankara on Thursday.