Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today at the NATO summit in Madrid that Sweden and Finland must fulfill the promises they have made to Turkey.

If they do not fulfill the promises made to the Turkish state, which lifted the veto on their candidacies for NATO membership, parliament will not ratify that document.

Erdogan said the two Nordic countries should implement legislative reforms as soon as possible, which would enable them to extradite 73 terrorists, reports

Reuters

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He noted that he sees the signing of the tripartite agreement as a recognition of Ankara 's position that terrorism cannot be tolerated, and called it a "diplomatic victory" for Turkey.

UrTurkey is withdrawing its opposition and will support Finland and Sweden joining NATO at this week's Alliance summit - the countries signed a joint statement after the talks in Madrid.

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Meanwhile, given the fact that the new agreement requires Turkey to extradite some members of FETO, PKK and YPG, who are in the Scandinavian countries, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson stressed that Sweden will consider all the demands of Turkey, but that there are laws that must be obeyed.

"We will continue to abide by Swedish law and international law.

If Turkey comes up with an extradition request, we will certainly comply with that request, but we will always abide by Swedish laws and European conventions regarding extradition.

This is very important to note.

We will never extradite anyone who is a Swedish citizen unless he or she is involved in terrorist activities.

"Don't worry about it," Andersson said.

Otherwise, NATO has officially invited Finland and Sweden to be members of the North Atlantic Alliance.

 / Telegraphy /