Ankara had previously blocked the Nordic countries from joining the alliance over concerns about arms exports and terrorism
, President Sauli Niinistö of Finland and the Swedish prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, in the Spanish capital.
Andersson said she had shown the Turkish leader changes in Sweden’s terrorism legislation set to come into force next month. Turkey “got what it wanted” from Sweden and Finland before agreeing to back their drives to join Nato, Erdoğan’s office said on Tuesday. “Turkey has made significant gains in the fight against terrorist organisations,” said the Turkish statement, adding: “Turkey got what it wanted.”
Sweden is home to 100,000 Kurdish refugees and Turkey has called for the extradition of individuals it says are linked to the PKK or the Syrian YPG.
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