Turkey’s stance has alarmed international analysts, as Finland and Sweden wish to join NATO to protect themselves from Russian aggression amid war on the European continent.
An EUObserver publication refers to her stance Turkey and the barriers it creates anew to integration Sweden and Finland in the NATO. According to EUObserver, Western diplomats and analysts are beginning to wonder what Ankara is ultimately after.
“For its part, the Swedish government takes seriously the implementation of the Memorandum”, as the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs told EUobserver referring to the agreement concluded in June with Turkey, in which the country pledged to “hunt down” Kurdish terrorists in exchange for Turkey’s positive attitude towards the possibility of joining NATO. In fact, according to the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there will be further tripartite meetings in the near future.
However, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu once again he poses problems and obstacles by warning that the Parliament of Turkey will not approve the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, because – as he claims – “so far no concrete measures have been taken” neither by Stockholm nor by Helsinki in in relation to the agreement with Turkey.
Turkey’s stance has alarmed international analysts, as Finland and Sweden wish to join NATO to protect themselves from Russian aggression amid war on the European continent.
The contradiction and attitude of Turkey becomes even more noticeable as already 24 of the 30 NATO members have ratified the accession process in their own parliaments.
In the same matter, Handelsblatt emphasizes that “Turkey threatens to create a problem while Greece agrees to the accession. The Greek parliament approved the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO by a large majority on Thursday.
In fact, the German Handelsblatt points out that Turkey has once again asked Sweden and Finland to extradite “terrorist suspects”. “So far, Finland and Sweden have not extradited a single person,” Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Thursday. Finland and Sweden should keep their “promise” in Ankara. According to Turkey, Sweden has promised to extradite more than 70 “terrorists”, but this has not been officially recorded in the relevant memorandum signed recently.
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