Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave a stern warning to Sweden and Finland. This comes just two days after agreeing the two countries to join NATO.
At the close of the alliance’s summit in Madrid, Erdoan emphasized the fulfillment of requests for extradition. Namely terrorist suspects who have ties to Kurdish groups or a network of clerics accused of failing to carry out a coup in 2016.
If Finland and Sweden break the promise, Erdogan has confirmed his parliament will reject Tuesday’s ratification of the deal The GuardianFriday (1/7/2022).
For information, NATO accession must be officially approved by 30 member states. Where each country has the right to provide blocking.
“This business will not work if we don’t pass this in our parliament,” Erdogan said.
“First Sweden and Finland have to fulfill their duties and it’s already in the text, but if they don’t fulfill it, then of course it’s impossible for us to send it to parliament,” he explained.
Erdogan claims Sweden has promised to extradite 73 Turkish ‘terrorists’. It also cracks down on the funding and recruitment activities of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and related groups.
The Guardian reporters repeatedly reiterated to Erdogan about his extradition and whether Sweden had actually promised the amount he had said.
Previously, he put the number at 60 and it became 73. “Of course what we understand is important from our meetings and talks. Sweden promised to give us these 73 people,” he said.
The treaty of the three countries does not actually stipulate a certain amount of extradition. Finland and Sweden said they would handle pending deportation or extradition requests from terror suspects quickly and thoroughly, taking into account the information, evidence and intelligence provided by Turkey. This is in accordance with the European convention on extradition.
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