Türkiye calls on Sweden to fulfil its commitments regarding the fight against terrorism in order to start the ratification of the Nordic country's accession to NATO
As Sweden begins to enforce an anti-terrorism bill, Ankara calls on the country to fulfil commitments arising from Trilateral Memorandum saying "the rest will follow".The law was one of Türkiye's main demands to ratify the Nordic country's NATO membership. / Photo: AA
"A crystal clear message to our Swedish Friends! Fulfil your commitments arising from Trilateral Memorandum & take concrete steps in the fight against terrorism. The rest will follow," Türkiye's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Twitter on Thursday. “Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Oslo today showed strong support from Member States towards Sweden's membership in NATO,” Billstrom said on Twitter.
NATO seeks to deal with the issue by the time US President Joe Biden and his counterparts meet next month.
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