Sweden and Finland must fulfill the promises they made in the agreement with Turkey - if Turkey is to lift its veto against Sweden's and Finland's NATO membership, said Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

One of the promises made by the Swedish government is to extradite 73 "terrorists", he states.

"Finland and Sweden must first fulfill their promises, otherwise there will be no ratification in the Turkish parliament," Erdogan said.

Makes demands on Sweden and Finland

He says the agreement is "a diplomatic victory for Turkey".

He adds that Sweden and Finland must change their terrorist laws immediately.

"We have succeeded in advancing Turkey's red lines," he said.

The speech took place at the end of the NATO summit, where a main focus was Sweden's and Finland's applications for NATO membership.

Erdogan said he saw the signing of the trilateral agreement as a recognition of Ankara's concerns about terrorism.

Other figures from the Minister of Justice

The news of the Swedish promise has been widely circulated in the international media.

It is quoted by, among others, the Turkish government-loyal Daily Sabah, the British news agency Reuters and the American Washington Post.

At the same time, Turkey's Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdag has previously told Turkish media that there are 21 people in Sweden and 12 in Finland, a total of 33 people.

SVT is looking for Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson (S) and Foreign Minister Ann Linde (S) for a comment.