“On the question of the membership of Sweden and Finland in NATO.

I am sure that the accession process will be completed and all NATO allies will ratify the accession protocols in parliaments, this also applies to Turkey, ”TASS quoted him as saying.

On December 6, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar stressed that Sweden and Finland had still not fulfilled their commitments to join NATO.

He noted that Ankara will ratify their entry into the alliance only after the fulfillment of the obligations undertaken by these countries.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stressed that Sweden has not taken concrete steps to extradite to Turkey those whom Ankara considers involved in terrorism.