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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Sweden Agrees to Extradite Man to Turkey in Wake of NATO Deal

Swedish and NATO flags are seen printed on paper this illustration taken April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Sweden's government has decided to extradite a man to Turkey wanted for fraud, it said on Thursday, the first case since Turkey demanded a number of people extradited in return for allowing Stockholm to formally apply for NATO membership.

NATO ally Turkey lifted its veto over Finland and Sweden's bid to join the Western alliance in June after weeks of tense negotiations where Ankara accused the two Nordic countries of harboring what Turkey said are militants of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

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