HELSINKI, July 1 (Reuters) – Finland and Turkey have not discussed extradition of any specific person or group of people during negotiations at the NATO summit earlier this week in Madrid, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said on Friday.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Finland and Sweden must honor extradition promises made during the talks or the Nordic nations’ ratification of NATO membership will not go to Turkey’s parliament.
“Everything that we have agreed with Turkey is in the signed document,” Haavisto said at a press conference in Helsinki.
“We are not discussing individuals or lists with Turkey in Madrid.”
After four hours of talks in Madrid on Tuesday, Erdogan and his Finnish and Swedish counterparts agreed on security measures to allow the two Nordic countries to overcome Turkey’s veto imposed by Ankara in May over terrorism fears.
The signed memorandum did not mention any person for the extradition.
Finland and Sweden have since said they would continue to follow local and international laws in their extraditions and that the process would depend on information from Turkey.