Sweden says that Turkey wants a lot about the application to NATO
STOCKHOLM, 8 january (Reuters) – Sweden is sure that Turkey NATO military will approve its application to join the alliance, but will not meet all the conditions it has set for Ankara’s support, Sweden’s prime minister said on Sunday.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said at a defense research center conference in Sweden:Turkey both confirm that we do what we say we will do, but they also say they want things we can’t or won’t give them.”
Finland and Sweden to overcome Ankara’s objections to NATO membership in 2022 Turkey signed a tripartite agreement with
They are in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in May NATOapplied to become a member, but Turkey to this protest and accused the countries of harboring militants from the illegal Kurdistan Workers’ Party.
At a press conference on Sunday, Kristersson said demands that Sweden was unable or unwilling to meet were outside the scope of the tripartite memorandum.
“Turkey occasionally mentions the persons they want to see extradited from Sweden. That’s why I said that these issues are resolved within the framework of Swedish laws.”
Ankara expressed its disappointment with the Swedish High Court’s decision to suspend the request for the extradition of the journalist, who is related to Fethullah Gülen, an Islamic scholar accused of coup attempt by Turkey at the end of last year.
Reporting by Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson; Edited by Barbara Lewis
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2023-01-09 01:21:36
Source – reuters
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