Turkey to renew extradition requests to Finland, Sweden after NATO deal

Turkey had opposed their bids over what it called support for Kurdish militants and others it views as terrorists, as well as over arms embargoes and unfulfilled extradition requests

Turkey will renew requests for Sweden and Finland to extradite individuals it considers terrorists after the countries reached a deal over the Nordic nations' NATO membership bids, Qazet.az reports according to Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag.

"The dossiers of six PKK members, six FETO members await in Finland, while those of 10 FETO members and 11 PKK members await in Sweden. We will write about their extradition again after the agreement and remind them," Bozdag was cited as saying by state-owned Anadolu news agency.

In the memorandum text the three countries signed on Tuesday, Finland and Sweden agreed to "address pending deportation or extradition requests of terror suspects expeditiously and thoroughly in accordance with the European Convention on Extradition".

"We have not been presented any claims for now, as far as I know," Finnish President Sauli Niinisto told reporters on Wednesday in Madrid.