Sweden promises to follow the agreement with Turkey on NATO
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has promised to abide by the recently concluded agreement with Turkey, including promises to extradite terrorists.
When she spoke at the annual political festival Almedalen Week on Gotland on Sunday, Andersson said that she could not share specific details in the memorandum signed with Turkey and Finland at the NATO summit on June 28-30 in Madrid.
Andersson added that those who are not involved in terrorist activities do not need to worry.
“Swedish citizens cannot be extradited under national and international law. If you have not participated in terrorist activities, you do not need to worry,” she added.
Sweden and Finland avoided neutrality and applied to join NATO in May, a decision spurred on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
But Turkey, a longtime member of the alliance, objected to the membership offerings and criticized the countries for tolerating and even supporting terrorist groups.
Shortly before the summit, Turkey, Finland and Sweden signed the agreement after four-way talks in the Spanish capital.
The agreement allows the two Nordic countries to become members of NATO, but conditions them to take action against Turkey’s concerns about terrorism and to lift an arms embargo on Ankara.
Following the trilateral agreement, NATO formally invited the two Nordic countries to join the 30-member military alliance.