In a phone call, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu congratulated his Swedish counterpart Tobias Billstrom over his recent appointment as the foreign minister.
The two officials also addressed the trilateral memorandum of understanding that was signed in June.
Moreover, Finnish officials are expected to arrive in Ankara on Tuesday to discuss their country’s bid to join NATO.
A delegation from Finland’s Justice Ministry will meet Kasım Çiçek, the head of foreign relations at the Turkish Ministry of Justice. The talks will focus on the extradition of individuals Türkiye regards as terrorists, the report added.
Both Finland and its neighbor Sweden applied for membership in the defense alliance in the wake of Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine, abandoning longstanding policies of military nonalignment. Becoming a NATO member requires the unanimous support of all current members, including Türkiye.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Thursday that he had also agreed to meet with Sweden’s new Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Ankara.
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