Turkey will not ratify Sweden and Finland's request to join NATO until the promises made by those two countries to Turkey are fulfilled, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today.
"Until the promises made to us are fulfilled, we will maintain our principled position," Erdogan said in an address to the Turkish parliament.
Since May, Turkey has been threatening to block the entry of those two countries into NATO.
In June, Turkey withdrew its objection to Sweden and Finland joining the alliance, but warned it would block the process if they failed to extradite suspects linked to outlawed Kurdish groups or the network of an exiled cleric accused of masterminding the failed coup.
The admission of the Nordic countries needs to be approved by the parliaments of all 30 NATO members, and the Turkish parliament could refuse to ratify the agreement.
Turkey accuses the two countries of being too lenient towards groups it considers threats to national security.
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