Stockholm. File photoANKARA, Jul 10Sweden may extradite several Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) members to Turkey after signing a memorandum in Madrid, TRT Haber reported. . It is reported that Sweden has prepared a list of ten members of the PKK to be extradited,” they said on the air. It is specified that from 2019 to 2022, Ankara sent 16 requests for extradition, of which Stockholm approved three. “However, after the signing of the memorandum, steps began to appear «/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cdec3d39b85bacc57af8431b48b709c9.jpg» />Turkey demanded that Sweden and Finland extradite members of the PKK and FETOAccording to TRT Haber, the extradition of criminals in Sweden is regulated by law No. 668 of 1957. Under current rules, a country requesting extradition must send documents to the Swedish Ministry of Justice, from where the request goes to the prosecutor's office. The supervisory agency submits its opinion to the government, which makes the final decision. «However, the person whose extradition is requested has the right to appeal this decision, which is not final, to the Supreme Court,» the TV channel concluded. On July 6, it became known that Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag sent a written demand to Sweden and Finland for the extradition of members of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party and the organization of the Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen (FETO). The Swedish Ministry of Justice told RIA Novosti that they did not have such official documents. Sweden, Finland and Turkey signed a security memorandum on the eve of the NATO summit in Madrid, which unblocked the start of negotiations on joining the two northern European states to the bloc. The countries agreed to strengthen cooperation in the fight against terrorism, including measures against the PKK, information exchange, extradition agreement. NATO Sweden and Finland
