Finland ready to join NATO even if Sweden's application not ratified

This was reported by the Associated Press. 

Mikko Savola told the AP that Finland would prefer the two countries to join the Alliance together, but that this would not stop the process if Turkey decided to approve Finland's application but not Sweden's, as it had warned.

“Sweden is our closest partner,” Savola said. “Almost every week our defense forces are practicing together and so on. It’s a very deep cooperation and we also trust each other fully. But it’s in Türkiye’s hands now.”

• On May 18, Finland and Sweden officially applied to join NATO.

• On June 28, before the official opening of the NATO summit in Madrid, Ankara agreed to Sweden and Finland's accession to the North Atlantic Alliance.

• On June 29, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced an official invitation to Sweden and Finland to join the Alliance.

• On January 21, an anti-Turkish rally was held in Stockholm near the Turkish Embassy, where the controversial activist Rasmus Paludan burned a Koran. The Turkish Foreign Ministry called for an investigation into the incident.

• Later, Finland announced that it did not rule out considering NATO membership without being tied to Sweden, although both countries simultaneously applied for membership in July 2022.

• On February 11, it was reported that Finnish President Sauli Niinistö believes that Finland and Sweden will be able to become full members of NATO before the July NATO summit in Vilnius.

• German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called on Turkey and Hungary to ratify Finland and Sweden's NATO membership applications without further delay.