Turkey's foreign minister is again demanding more concrete measures from Sweden and Finland in order for the country to approve the countries' NATO application.

Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (M) said after the meetings between the countries' foreign ministers in Bucharest that progress was made, but from the Turkish side it does not sound as optimistic.

- These two countries have taken certain measures to fulfill their obligations.

We are not ignoring the measures taken.

However, there is still no concrete development in certain issues such as extradition [ed.

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of suspects wanted by Turkey] and freezing terrorist assets, Mevlüt Cavusoglu said, according to the AP.

The people and the parliament must be convinced

According to NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, Sweden and Finland have delivered what is required to join the military alliance.

But Turkey still wants to see more from the countries. 

- We reminded that in the end it is the Turkish people and the Turkish parliament that must be convinced, says Cavusoglu according to AP. 

Sweden and Finland have previously been criticized by Turkey for not taking the threat from Kurdish militants and other groups seriously. 

- We still need to see their implementation.

Some laws will come into force with the new year, Cavusoglu said according to AP.