Ankara continues to exert various pressures on Helsinki and Stockholm for their membership in NATO.
Sweden and Finland have not given their approval to him “Repatriation” of 33 people to Turkey has requested because of their alleged links to organizations it considers “terrorist”, state media reported Monday, following Ankara’s negative stance on the two countries’ NATO membership.
Ankara claims the men had links to Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters or to Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara accuses of orchestrating the 2016 coup attempt.
The two countries rejected 19 requests and have left five unanswered, state broadcaster TRT Haber reported, citing the Ministry of Justice, adding that nine requests are still under evaluation.
Ankara is threatening to veto Sweden and Finland joining NATO, claiming that there is not enough “cooperation” of the two Nordic countries on this issue.
The reasons why Sweden should make a historic policy change and join NATO were explained earlier in her speech in parliament by the Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson.
Speaking at the start of a three-hour parliamentary debate, Anderson acknowledged that NATO membership represented a “historic change in our country’s security policy approach” and that neutrality and military non-alignment were good for Sweden.
“The decision to join NATO will be taken today,” he said. Peter Hultkvist. The Swedish government will meet later in the day to make the historic decision to seek membership in the Alliance, he confirmed.
“If they attack us we will help, if they attack others we will help,” the Finnish prime minister said on Monday. Sana Marin supporting the country’s accession to NATO during the historic debate in parliament.
“Finland’s security environment has changed radically,” she said, opening the debate in the shadows. of the barrage of Russian threats to justify the decision to join the Alliance.
The move by the two historically neutral countries marks one of the biggest changes to Europe’s security architecture in decades, following the invasion of Russia in Ukraine on 24 February.
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