Swedish FM Says New Government Will Fulfill Deal With Turkey to Join NATO
10/24/2022
RawNews1st – Sweden’s foreign minister on Monday said that the new Swedish government will work to fulfill a deal signed with Turkey that is required for the Nordic nation to join NATO.
Turkish officials appeared to be at odds with the previous more left-leaning government when it came to the NATO agreement.
But Ulf Kristersson took over as Sweden’s new prime minister last week as part of a coalition government considered to be center-right in Swedish politics.
Turkey initially blocked Sweden and Finland from applying to join NATO but lifted its objection in June after signing a memorandum with the two countries.
Turkey’s main concerns were over the two countries’ alleged support for the PKK, a Kurdish militant group that Turkey, the EU, and the US consider a terrorist organization.
“There will be no nonsense from the Swedish government when it comes to the PKK,” said Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström. “We are fully behind a policy which means that terrorist organizations don’t have a right to function on Swedish territory.”
Turkey is looking to extradite dozens of suspected PKK members from Sweden and the previous government didn’t seem willing to comply.
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