According to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, "Sweden is not showing its best side" right now when it comes to the promises that Turkey has received from Sweden and Finland, reports Reuters.
Turkey has previously issued a series of requirements that Sweden and Finland must meet in order for Turkey to ultimately approve their NATO membership.
Among other things, there are 33 people that Turkey wants Sweden to extradite to Turkey.
The persons are alleged by Turkey to be or have been involved in "terrorist organizations".
The ratification process remains
Turkey has been repeating its demands for months, and at the NATO summit in Madrid, an agreement was reached between the countries and Turkey lifted its veto on starting the membership process.
Sweden and Finland then became "invited members" or "invitees" with the right to participate in all NATO meetings, but without the right to vote.
On the other hand, the approval itself remains, as all 30 NATO member states must then give the green light in each country's parliament.
The Turkish parliament must also approve the membership of Sweden and Finland.
Turkey has made it clear that it wants to see concrete consequences from the wording on the fight against terrorism, arms exports and extradition that the countries agreed on in Madrid.
- They must follow this document.
If they do not, we will not take them into NATO, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in an interview with Turkish television channel NTV, according to the English-language government agency Daily Sabah, after the NATO summit.
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The agreement is signed here