Senior officials from the three countries will meet on August 26 under the trilateral memorandum signed at the NATO Madrid summit to cooperate on Türkiye's fight against terrorism.
Senate's 95 to 1 overwhelming approval of Nordic nations' NATO accession sends a strong message to Russia over its attack on Ukraine, US lawmakers say.
The announcement comes amid diplomatic tensions between Tehran and Stockholm, after a Swedish court sentenced a former Iranian prison official to life for war crimes.
Turkish Foreign Ministry conveyed its strong reaction to authorities in Stockholm over terror propaganda by PKK/PYD/YPG in the Swedish city of Gothenburg.
Top Turkish diplomat Mevlut Cavusoglu said the meeting in August will be the first of a monitoring committee formed under a NATO entry agreement signed last month.
If Sweden and Finland don’t fulfil the necessary conditions outlined in the memorandum, Türkiye will move to freeze their NATO accession process, said the country's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Former Iranian official Hamid Noury has been convicted of a "serious crime against international law" and "murder", the Stockholm district court says.
It is important that Finland and Sweden address [Türkiye’s requests] for terrorists' extradition so long as the PKK is considered a terror organisation by all EU members, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
Terror group YPG/PKK supporters called on the Swedish government to withdraw from accession to NATO, chanting slogans in support of the terror group in the Swedish capital Stockholm.
Türkiye has "specific expectations" in mind in its fight against terrorism and Sweden must recognise Ankara's security concerns, Türkiye's Communications Director Fahrettin Altun says.
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson says the PKK is a designated terror organisation and posing with its flags is "extremely inappropriate".
Now, keeping promises in line with memorandum is responsibility for Sweden, Finland, says Türkiye's Communications Director Fahrettin Altun.
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