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Recep Tayyip Erdogan warns Turkey will Block Sweden and Finland's Passage into NATO

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan warns Turkey will Block Sweden and Finland's Passage into NATO

According to the Turkish President, the countries have failed to keep their promises concerning extradition of suspects linked with Kurdish groups known as threats to national security...

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Jul 19, 2022
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan warns Turkey will Block Sweden and Finland's Passage into NATO

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According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey can still block Sweden and Finland’s membership in NATO. The warning comes as the two countries awaiting membership have yet to take the demanded steps to meet Ankara’s security demands. Turkey’s objection to Sweden and Finland joining was lifted as Turkey warned the process would once again be blocked if the countries fail to extradite suspects with links to Kurdish groups or the network of an exiled cleric who orchestrated a coup in 2016.

Turkey threatens to ′freeze′ Finland, Sweden NATO bids | News | DW |  18.07.2022

The passive of both Sweden and Finland need to be approved by all 30 NATO member states’ parliaments. Turkey’s parliament could possibly refuse to ratify the deal.

“I would like to remind you once again that if these countries do not take the necessary steps to fulfill our conditions, we will freeze the (accession) process. Our stance on this issue is very clear. The rest is up to them.”

Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he added “Sweden in particular is not projecting a good image.”

Turkey has since accused the countries of being lenient toward the groups considered to be national security threats. The Justice Minister of Turkey said that the government had renewed requests for the extradition of terror suspects wanted by the country. With the memorandum signed last month at the NATO summit, Sweden and Finland agreed to address Turkey’s “pending deportation or extradition requests of terror suspects expeditiously and thoroughly in accordance with the European Convention on Extradition.”

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Christopher Kidwell
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Jul 19, 2022

No one is buying this nonsense from Mr. Erdogan.

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