Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Stockholm and Helsinki do not fulfill the obligations stipulated by the agreements of the three countries on resolving the issue of Sweden and Finland joining NATO. It is reported by "

“There are no practical steps to extradite [Finland and Sweden] Turkey persons involved in terrorism, as well as freeze the assets of criminal structures,” Cavusoglu said after a meeting with his colleague from Sweden Tobias Bilstrom.

According to him, Turkey takes into account the steps taken by Sweden in the framework of the tripartite agreement between Turkey, Sweden and Finland.. In particular, the amendments made to the country's fundamental law will come into force next year..

In addition, Cavusoglu noted progress in removing restrictions on the supply of defense products..

“However, our advocates have not yet received a positive response to the import of certain types of products from Sweden.. That is, they explained to us that defense companies must obtain a license from the authorities, taking into account the mechanisms of Sweden,” the Turkish Foreign Minister said..

On the situation with the extradition of persons associated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party, Cavusoglu said that Sweden is moving in the right direction.

“PKK-linked person was deported to Turkey. These are steps in the right direction,” the minister said..

Speaking about representatives of the network associated with the Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, Cavusoglu said that Sweden, on the contrary, remains a "

He recalled that the Supreme Court of Sweden rejected the request for the extradition of one of the representatives of the Bulent Kenesh network to Turkey..

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Sweden and Finland will be able to join NATO when all the countries of the Alliance ratify the accession protocols. Of the 30 NATO countries, the accession of Sweden and Finland has not yet been ratified by Turkey and Hungary. Hungary announced plans to ratify the protocols in February next year.

Turkey blocked the accession process, demanding that the Scandinavian countries designate Kurdish organizations as terrorists, extradite individuals it accuses of terrorism, and lift arms bans on Ankara.