Sweden, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, announced Thursday its readiness to include the Russian Wagner Group, which is accused of committing violations in Ukraine and Africa, on the EU's list of terrorist organizations.

"Sweden is ready to work towards reaching a consensus within the European Union to put Wagner on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations as soon as the legal conditions are in place," Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Bilstrom told Dagens Nyheter.

On Tuesday, the French National Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the French government to "mobilize diplomacy" to include the group in this list in order to punish Wagner members and their supporters more effectively, especially on the financial level.

The Swedish Foreign Minister added to the newspaper that "the Wagner Group committed terrible violations, especially in Sudan, Mali, Syria and Ukraine."

"For the group to be subject to EU sanctions related to terrorist organisations, a judicial authority or an equivalent competent national authority, such as a court or prosecutor, must decide to open an investigation against the group or charge it with" a terrorist act.

In March, the Lithuanian parliament adopted a resolution describing Wagner as a "terrorist organization", in a move welcomed by Kiev.

The foreign ministers of the 27 EU countries will meet Friday in Stockholm.