Sweden, Finland, Türkiye discuss implementation of Trilateral Memorandum
ANKARA (AA) – The second meeting of the permanent joint mechanism between Türkiye, Finland and Sweden was held on Friday in Stockholm.
The trio signed a trilateral memorandum on June 28 at the NATO summit in Madrid to address Türkiye’s security concerns about Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO membership.
The aim of the meeting was to ensure the implementation of commitments made in the Trilateral Memorandum.
Finland and Sweden extend their full support to Türkiye against threats to its national security, according to the memorandum. To that effect, Helsinki and Finland will not provide support to extremist organizations, namely the YPG/PYD and FETO, it says.
The Permanent Joint Mechanism welcomed the intensified cooperation at the technical level among relevant ministries and institutions and the progress achieved by Finland and Sweden in compliance with the memorandum. They decided to continue working further on its implementation.