Sweden and Finland tone down promises made to Turkey to join the body

Sweden and Finland tone down promises made to Turkey to join the body

Erdogan warned at the end of the summit that nothing is closed yet and appealed to a series of “promises” that supposedly transcend the generic commitments that do appear in writing. Thus, he assured that Sweden accepted extradite 73 “terrorists”.

The Swedish Minister of Justice, morgan johanssondid not deny the information, but in statements to the public channel SVT, he affirmed that it is the “independent” courts that apply the law and made it clear that no transfer of people with Swedish nationality is possible.

For his part, the Finnish foreign minister, Pekka Haavisto, denied to the YLE network that there are compromises under the table, since “everything that was agreed was put on paper”. Thus, he ruled out, for example, that the country is going to reform its internal legislation at all costs to adapt to the demands of Turkey.

Finland and Sweden must be very careful not to promise anything on behalf of Parliament“, Haavisto explained when taking stock of the three-way negotiations, in which NATO itself was also involved, acting as a mediator.

The Alliance did not establish any precise calendar so that Sweden and Finland can become member states full-fledged, but during the summit the general secretary, Jens Stoltenbergexpressed his wish that it be “as soon as possible”.

Source: Ambito

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