Finland and Sweden reiterated on Friday that they will cooperate with Türkiye in the fight against terrorism during the first trilateral meeting between the parties since a deal was signed on the sidelines of the NATO Madrid summit, Trend reports citing Daily Sabah.
According to a statement from Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin's office, Finland and Sweden reiterated their commitment to show full solidarity and cooperation with Türkiye in the fight against all forms and manifestations of terrorism, pledging to fully support Türkiye against all threats to its national security, especially the PKK terrorist organization, its Syrian PYD/YPG offshoots and FETÖ.
The three sides came together in Helsinki where Türkiye was represented by Presidential Spokesperson Kalin and Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal, accompanied by representatives from Türkiye's intelligence agency and the Defense and Interior Ministries.
“It was agreed to intensify cooperation at the technical level among the relevant institutions in order to achieve concrete progress on the issues addressed within the scope of the mechanism,” the statement added.
During the meeting, the fundamentals of the permanent joint mechanism were determined while developments on the realization of the commitments in the trilateral deal were reviewed as well as concrete steps to be taken in the future.
In a trilateral deal with Sweden and Finland, Türkiye has demanded that the two countries extradite wanted individuals and lift arms restrictions imposed after Ankara’s 2019 military operation into northeast Syria.