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Sweden refuses to deny deportations to Turkey part of NATO deal
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VISBY, 04 July 2022, (TON): Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson refused to deny Turkey’s claim that it had promised to deport individuals sought by Ankara as part of Stockholm’s efforts to join NATO.
Despite questioning by journalists and concerns among Kurdish and Turkish refugees in Sweden, Andersson would not say whether such a commitment had been given to Ankara for it to lift objections to Sweden’s membership.
She added “I’ve been a minister for eight years and I never talked about what is said in the negotiation room.”
She said “actually puts me in a bit of a difficult situation right now.”
In an agreement signed by Stockholm and Helsinki at a NATO summit in Madrid, the two Nordic countries agreed to examine Turkish extradition requests expeditiously and thoroughly.”
No promise has been given to actually carry out the extraditions, and Finland and Sweden have since recalled that the process is in the hands of the authorities and independent courts.
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