Flags of Finland, NATO and Sweden. Archival photoANKARA, Sep 27 A delegation from the Swedish Ministry of Justice will visit Turkey on October 5-6, negotiations will be held on extradition within the framework of a memorandum on NATO, Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said. Finland and Sweden against the background of the Russian special military operations in Ukraine on May 18 handed over to the NATO Secretary General an application for joining the alliance. Initially, Turkey blocked the start of the process of considering these applications, but on June 29, Turkey, Sweden and Finland signed a security memorandum that takes into account all of Ankara's concerns. Turkey, in turn, withdrew its objections to the entry of these two European countries into NATO. «Negotiations for the extradition (of persons whom Turkey accuses of terrorism) from Sweden and Finland are ongoing. We expect Sweden and Finland to extradite FETÖ members and PKK (organization of Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen and Kurdistan Workers' Party banned in the country) within the framework of the memorandum on NATO membership A delegation of the Ministry of Justice of Sweden will visit our country on October 5-6 Extradition negotiations will be held Meetings will be held at a technical level within the framework of the Committee on monitoring,” Bozdag told reporters. According to him, a delegation of the Turkish Foreign Ministry is also expected to be sent to Finland for negotiations. Stockholm and Ankara at the request of NATO
