Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey could still block Finland and Sweden from becoming NATO members if the two countries do not “meet his expectations”. At the end of the NATO summit in Madrid, Erdogan made it clear that the ten-article agreement with both countries was a victory for his country and any change in the terms could result in Türkiye again withdrawing their support. The Turkish president added that the best part of the agreements was the extradition of terror suspects with links to Kurdish groups, according to the Associated Press.

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The Turkish parliament still needs to ratify the agreement reached by the three countries and until then, the government still has a chance to go back on its word and block the application for NATO membership.

“This activity will not work if we do not approve it in our Parliament. First, Sweden and Finland must fulfill their obligations and they are already in the text … But if they do not fulfill these, then of course there is no way that we would send it to our parliament “, said Erdogan according to AP.

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At the press conference, Erdogan told reporters that Sweden will extradite 73 people who are suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) – a body listed as terrorists by both the EU (EU) and the US.

“Of course, what we understand is important from our meetings and conversations,” Erdogan said in the report. “Sweden promised to give us these 73 people with this text. They may or may not, we will follow it through the text, and we will make our decision. “

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(With input from agencies)