Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made a joint statement on the continuation of cooperation between Sweden and Turkey on 10 July in Vilnius.
Within the scope of the tripartite joint mechanism established at the 2022 NATO summit in Madrid and the new bilateral security pact, the parties will hold annual ministerial meetings and establish working groups when necessary.
In the statement, it was noted that Sweden will present a roadmap in the fight against terrorism at the first meeting of the security pact in order to fully implement all the elements of the tripartite memorandum.
Sweden has confirmed that it will not support the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and FETO in Turkey.
The parties also reiterated their commitment to the absence of any restrictions, barriers or sanctions in defense trade and investment, and committed to removing the barriers.
Sweden and Turkey agreed to intensify their economic cooperation through a joint Turkish-Swedish economic and trade committee. Both sides will work to expand opportunities for growth in bilateral trade and investment.
Sweden also reiterated its strong support for Turkey’s EU accession process, including the modernization of the EU-Turkey customs union and visa liberalization.
After the talks, Stoltenberg announced that Erdogan had agreed to expedite the submission of a protocol on Sweden’s NATO membership to the Turkish parliament for voting.
It was previously reported that the Turkish parliament would most likely be. will approve Sweden’s entry into NATO in the autumn.
On the eve of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to present the protocol on Sweden’s admission to NATO for approval in the Parliament. According to him, the Turkish president made it clear that the application would be submitted to parliament as soon as possible.
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