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First Swedish extradition falls short of demands: Ankara

Türkiye's justice minister on Aug. 18 said Sweden's pledge to extradite a Turkish convict fell far short of Stockholm's commitments under a deal paving the way for its NATO membership bid.

NATO member Türkiye is threatening to freeze Sweden's attempts to join the Western defense alliance unless it extradi-tes dozens of people Ankara accuses of "terrorism."

Sweden to live up to terms of NATO deal with Türkiye: PM

Sweden will live up to the conditions of a memorandum of understanding agreed with Ankara to overcome Türkiye's objections to Swedish membership of NATO, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Aug. 16.

Andersson held a press conference at the The Almedalen Week, also known as "Politician's Week in Almedalen," an annual event on Park Almedalen in the city of Visby.