President Erdogan repeated the Swedish and Finnish warnings to join NATO if the Northern European countries did not hold their commitments.
Until they fulfilled their promises, we still kept the stance, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on October 1 declared before the National Assembly, recalling the agreement with Sweden and Finland.
He has repeatedly threatened to prevent the Nordic countries from joining NATO without cooperating with Turkey in the Kurdish issue.
President Erdogan and the leadership at Ankara repeatedly accused Sweden and Finland was the refuge of the exile extremists and supported the separatist movement of the Kurds in Turkey.
The government is closely watching whether Sweden and Finland keep words.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke at the NATO summit in Madrid, Spain Russia on June 30.
The two countries of Northern Europe abandoned the military neutral tradition after Russia opened a military campaign in Ukraine.
28/30 NATO member country agreed to let the two countries of Northern Europe join.
Sweden on September 29 issued a license to extend the export of weapons to Turkey, in an effort to win potential military allies.
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Conflicts related to the Kurds and western weapons sanctions are thought to be the reason why Ankara oppose NATO to admit the two Nordic countries.
After submitting the application for joining NATO, Finland and Sweden have to wait for the potential approval process of many challenges of 30 member countries.