Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has again threatened to block NATO’s northern expansion to Sweden and Finland. Turkey gave up its resistance at the end of June and gave the green light to the accession process. But now the government in Ankara is complaining that Sweden and Finland have not fulfilled their commitments.
Ankara was the only NATO member to initially block the accession process, citing, among other things, Sweden and Finland’s alleged support for “terrorist organizations”. These include the YPG Syrian Kurdish militia and the Gülen movement, which have blamed Turkey for the coup attempt in 2016. After a written statement from both countries, Turkey gave up its resistance at the end of June, at least for the time being.
Erdogan urges extradition of ‘terrorists’
Erdogan explained At the time, Sweden had promised to extradite more than 70 “terrorists”. This was not in the official document. However, the three countries had stated that they would, among other things, facilitate the deportations. It was said from Sweden that Swedish citizens would not be extradited, other citizens could be extradited at the request of other countries, but only if this was compatible with Swedish law and the European Convention on Human Rights.
Now it says in Ankara: “Sweden does not paint a good picture.” Concrete information was not given. However, Erdogan now threatens not to submit the accession protocols to the Turkish parliament.
Source: Krone
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