Swedish PM Andersson says will live up to terms of NATO deal with Turkey

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson arrives for a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain June 29, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

STOCKHOLM, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Sweden will live up to the conditions of a memorandum of understanding agreed with Ankara to overcome Turkey’s objections to Swedish membership of NATO, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Tuesday.

She also told a news conference that the decision to extradite a man to Turkey wanted for fraud made last week was made “according to Swedish and international law, and we will continue to work that way”. read more

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