Since Turkey lifted its veto on Sweden and Finland joining NATO, there have been concerns about what the cost of this action was.

On Wednesday, Ankara said it would ask Sweden and Finland to extradite 33 suspected Kurdish militants and coup plotters.

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said Ankara was looking for 12 suspects from Finland and another 21 from Sweden.

The Nordic states agreed late Tuesday to "expeditiously address Turkey's requests for the deportation or extradition of terrorism suspects."

Even the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has declared that the parliament of his country will not ratify the agreement if the Nordic countries do not keep their promise.

However, today the Swedish Minister of Justice Morgan Johansson insisted that any decision regarding the extradition of the Kurds will be made by "independent courts".

"Swedish citizens are not extradited," said Johansson.

Non-Swedish nationals can be extradited at the request of other countries, but only if it is in accordance with Swedish law and the European Convention.