Türkiye is 'not in a position' to approve Stockholm's NATO membership bid until its concerns regarding terrorist groups are addressed, says Turkish Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin
Kalin says the Swedish government needs to send a clear message to"terrorist organisations that Sweden is no longer a safe haven for them."
The presidential spokesperson said Turkish ratification of the bid depends on how quickly Stockholm fulfils counter-terrorism promises made as part of its deal with Ankara. "Given that the parliament will go into recess some time before the elections, you're looking at 2-2.5 months time frame to do all this," he said.While Stockholm says it is fully committed to implementing the agreement signed last year in Madrid, "it needs six more months to write new laws that would allow the judicial system to implement the new definitions of terrorism," Kalin said.
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