The head of the Swedish government assured that Stockholm will fulfill Ankara’s demands for the extradition of “terrorists”.
Sweden will abide by the terms of the memorandum of understanding agreed with Turkey for NATO membership. This is what Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said in a press conference, Reuters reports on Tuesday, August 16.
The official said last week’s decision to extradite a man wanted for fraud in Turkey was made “in accordance with Swedish and international law, and we will continue to work in this direction.”
It should be noted that Sweden and Finland jointly applied for NATO membership on May 18. This happened three months after the start of a large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. This move ended several decades of neutrality for Finland, and for Sweden a period of neutrality lasted 200 years.
Both countries’ entry into the Alliance at the June summit in Madrid remained in doubt until recently due to Turkey’s veto. However, it was eventually removed by the latter. However, this is not yet a final decision. Ankara is still making demands on Helsinki and Stockholm.
Turkey has previously said it does not see specific actions from Finland and Sweden, which are necessary for Ankara to approve their NATO applications.
However, on June 28, Turkey agreed to support the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO. The next day, it became known that Ankara requested that these countries extradite 33 “terrorists” – 12 people from Finland and 21 from Sweden.
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