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Erdogan: If Sweden does not extradite ‘terrorists’ to Turkey, do not wait for us to approve NATO membership

LAST UPDATE: 14.13

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan stressed on Wednesday that his country’s NATO allies should understand its security sensitivities, referring to his recent statements that he does not view Sweden-Finland’s accession today as positive. formal NATO membership applications.

“None of our allies have ever respected those concerns, I’m not talking about support,” he said.

Speaking to the parliamentary group of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP), which he leads, the Turkish head of state reiterated that the delegations of Swedish and Finnish diplomats do not have to bother to travel to Turkey.

Specifically for the Swedes, Erdogan said they should not wait for Turkey to approve their NATO membership if they do not extradite the “terrorists” hosted in Sweden to the Ankara authorities.

“We can not say yes,” he repeated. “Supporting terrorism and asking for our support is incompatible,” he said.

Turkey has reportedly demanded that Stockholm extradite both members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and members of the Hizmet (Service) network of Turkish Islamist preacher Fethullah Gulen, who has been accused by Ankara of being the mastermind of the insurgency. of 2016.

Source: Capital

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