Turkiye, Sweden, Finland to meet for NATO talks

  25 August 2022    Read: 662
Turkiye, Sweden, Finland to meet for NATO talks

Turkiye, Sweden and Finland will meet on Friday to hold the first trilateral talks meant to pave the way for the two Nordic nations to join NATO and discuss how to cooperate on the deal that was reached on the sidelines of the Madrid summit, AzVision.az reports citing Daily Sabah.

Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde on broadcaster SVT on Wednesday also confirmed the meeting to be held in Finland.

"The issue is how we should follow up on the agreement that Turkiye, Sweden and Finland reached during the NATO summit in Madrid, which was a precondition for Türkiye to agree to Sweden's and Finland's requests," Linde said.

The two incoming Nordic members have pledged to support Turkiye against national security threats, among other commitments. Deportations are also to be made easier.

A deal Sweden and fellow NATO aspirant Finland signed with Turkiye in June commits them to "expeditiously and thoroughly" examine Ankara's requests for suspects linked to the 2016 coup attempt and the PKK terrorists.

The Swedish government said earlier this month that it would extradite Okan Kale – a man convicted of credit card fraud who appeared on a list of people sought by Ankara published by Turkish media.

However, Ankara has voiced that it does not expect fraud suspects but terrorism.


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