Turkey has announced to top management of both Sweden and NATO that the Nordic countries must make legally binding commitments that address Turkey's concerns, reports the British news agency Reuters and refers to the Turkish state media.
President Erdogan said in a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Andersson on Saturday that Sweden should take "a concrete change of attitude towards the terrorist organization PKK / PYD / YPG."
He also said that Turkey "does not see any concrete initiative" from Sweden "that can alleviate Turkey's concerns", reports the state-run Turkish news agency Anadolu in Ankara.
Erdogan also expressed expectations that Sweden would comply with Turkey's request that the Kurds be extradited and that restrictions on arms trade be lifted - before Turkey joins Sweden in NATO.
Andersson: "Looking forward to meeting Erdogan"
Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson writes on Twitter that her telephone conversation with President Erdogan went well and that both nations agree to make joint progress until next week's NATO summit in Madrid.
- I look forward to meeting President Erdogan and together with several allied leaders Andersson writes.
Stoltenberg: "Good conversation"
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had his own telephone conversation with Erdogan on Saturday.
Stoltenberg wrote on Twitter that he had "good conversations" with "our esteemed ally Türkiye."
He writes that they agreed to continue the talks in Brussels and Madrid next week.