On October 6, Turkish President Recep Erdogan showed a clear "temperature difference" to Sweden and Finland, which both applied to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, stressing that the former did not do enough, and said that he would actively promote the latter to "join."

　　Erdogan attended the first European Political Community Leaders' Meeting in Prague, the Czech capital on the same day.

"As long as terrorist organizations are still marching on the streets of Sweden and there are still terrorists in the Swedish parliament, Turkey will not take a positive attitude towards Sweden," he told a news conference.

　　Talking about the prospect of Finland joining NATO, Erdogan said that Turkey's relations with Finland and Sweden are "very different" and that "Finland is not a country where terrorists can roam freely."

If NATO "takes a decision in Finland's favour, of course we will try to do what we should do".

　　Finland and Sweden formally applied to join NATO in May this year, requiring unanimous acceptance by NATO's 30 member states.

At present, only the Turkish and Hungarian parliaments have not ratified the protocol of the two countries' accession to NATO.

　　Turkey has previously opposed the two countries to join, unless the two countries meet a number of conditions put forward by the Turkish side.

The three countries held several rounds of negotiations and reached a compromise at the end of June.

Commitments made by Sweden and Finland include not supporting the PKK, the Syrian Kurdish armed "People's Protection Forces" and the "Gulen Movement"; and dealing with Turkish demands to expel or extradite "terror suspects".

Turkmenistan designated the PKK and the YPG as terrorist organizations, and identified the "Gulen Movement" as launching an attempted coup in 2016.

Finland and Sweden also agreed to lift restrictions on exports of defense equipment to Turkey.

　　Sweden announced on September 30 that it would resume the sale of defense equipment to Turkey.

Turkish state media reported on the 5th of this month that the Swedish delegation discussed the expulsion of "terrorists" with the Turkish side in Turkey that day.

However, on the same day, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Swedish ambassador to Turkey, because the Swedish TV broadcasted remarks and images insulting Erdogan, which made Turkey "unacceptable".