Turkey signed in Madrid a memorandum of understanding confirming its support for Sweden and Finland to join NATO, following three hours of talks on the sidelines of the NATO summit in the Spanish capital, which brought together Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto.
In their joint tripartite statement issued at the conclusion of the meeting of the leaders of the countries, Turkey, Finland and Sweden announced that Finland and Sweden will quickly deal with requests for the extradition or extradition of terrorism suspects, taking into account the evidence provided by Turkey.
Turkey, Sweden and Finland also confirmed that they do not have any arms embargo between them anymore, and the statement indicated that “Finland and Sweden, as future allies in NATO, will not support the BYD / YPG and Gülen organizations.” “.
The statement also included guarantees indicating that “Sweden and Finland will begin investigations into fundraising and recruiting activities for the PKK and all its affiliates and will prevent such activities.”
Finland and Sweden pledged that they would “promptly deal with requests for extradition or extradition of terrorism suspects, taking into account the information and evidence provided by Turkey.”
The Turkish presidency announced that Erdogan had obtained “full cooperation” from the two countries once morest the PKK militants and their allies, and said that “Turkey got what it wanted.”
Finland and Sweden have expressed their willingness to work with Turkey
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed that Finland and Sweden have expressed their readiness to work with Turkey on requests for the extradition of terrorist suspects, adding that NATO leaders will invite Sweden and Finland to join the alliance on Wednesday.
Stoltenberg indicated that this step “will change the security situation in the Baltics,” noting that “the door to the alliance will remain open despite the refusal of Russian President Vladimir Putin to expand.”
He announced that the leaders of the member states of the “NATO” will invite Finland and Sweden officially to join the alliance Wednesday, following Turkey signed a memorandum of understanding on the nomination of the two countries.
Turkey stood as an obstacle to Sweden and Finland joining the alliance, accusing them of harboring fighters in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which Ankara classifies as a “terrorist organization”.
Last May, Finland and Sweden applied for membership in the “NATO” alliance, but Ankara announced its reservations regarding their accession, accusing the two countries of harboring wanted “terrorist elements” in Turkey.
