[Madrid / Ankara 30th Archyde.com]–Turkey’s President Erdogan said on the 30th that Finland and Sweden will not carry out ratification procedures unless Finland and Sweden keep their promises regarding the application for access to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
At the press conference at the end of the NATO summit, it was pointed out that the two Scandinavian countries need to finish the revision of the law on terrorists as soon as possible.
He also said Sweden had promised to hand over 73 people that Turkey considers to be terrorists. The memorandum of understanding agreed on the 28th states that there are no specific promises for delivery, only that the two Scandinavian countries will respond to Turkey’s request.
“We will watch over whether the items in the memorandum are fulfilled and act accordingly,” Erdogan said. “Both countries should first fulfill the obligations stated in the document, or send the ratification document to Congress. It’s outside. “
According to the memorandum, the two Scandinavian countries are the Kurdish armed groups “Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)” and “People’s Defense Units (YPG)”, and the Islamic leader in the United States, which Turkey considers to be the mastermind of the 2016 coup attempt. He promised not to support the related organizations of Rev. Gulen. The person to be handed over has not been identified.
Sweden’s Prime Minister Andersson said the delivery would be subject to national and international law, and the procedure would depend on the information provided by Turkey.