On Friday, Sweden and Finland reaffirmed their commitment to the fight against “terrorism”, the Turkish presidency said after a meeting in Finland between Turkish, Swedish and Finnish representatives regarding the two Scandinavian countries’ accession to NATO, currently blocked by Ankara, News reported. ro with a link to AFP.

Consensus at the NATO summit: Erdogan refuses to join Sweden and Finland Photo: Bernat Armangue / AP – The Associated Press / Profimedia Images

“Finland and Sweden confirmed their commitment, recorded in the tripartite memorandum (signed at the end of June), to show solidarity and full cooperation with Turkey in the fight against all forms and manifestations of terrorism,” the press release of the president’s office says. Turkish states

Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said on Friday that the first meeting of officials of the three countries is aimed at establishing contacts and cooperation goals that they agreed on at the NATO summit in Madrid, The Guardian reports.

In June, ahead of the Madrid summit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to drop his objections to Stockholm and Helsinki joining NATO.