Sweden's Supreme Court decision to block the extradition of Turkish journalist Bulent Kenes is a 'very negative' development, Turkey's foreign minister said on Tuesday, as Stockholm seeks Ankara's approval for it to join NATO.
Bulent Kenes, a journalist who fled to Sweden in 2016 and was granted asylum, poses for a photo in Stockholm, Sweden December 19, 2022. Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency/via REUTERS/File Photoof Turkish journalist Bulent Kenes is a "very negative" development, Turkey's foreign minister said on Tuesday, as Stockholm seeks Ankara's approval for it to join NATO.
Ankara says Kenes is a member of an organisation that it accuses of orchestrating a 2016 coup attempt."We cannot speculate on what possible impact this will have on the NATO accession," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in an emailed comment. "Sweden's government has to follow Swedish and international law when it comes to questions of extradition, which is also made clear in the trilateral agreement.
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