STOCKHOLM - Sweden is ready to talk with Turkey about its application to join NATO and seek to resolve any issues Ankara has regarding it, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Tuesday.

"We are seeking contact with Turkey and we are prepared to ... travel to Turkey to discuss and straighten out any question marks there may be," she told a joint news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in the Swedish capital.

(Reporting by Anna Ringstrom and Simon Johnson; editing by Niklas Pollard)