Turkey to Sweden: return ‘terrorists’

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Sweden should not expect Ankara to approve its Nato bid without returning “terrorists”, and Swedish and Finnish delegations should not come to Turkey to convince it to back their membership in the alliance.

US President Joe Biden and top officials from his administration repeated they are confident Ankara’s objection will not be a roadblock for the accession process of the Nordic countries, even though they did not spell out how Turkey’s position could be changed.