In a hitherto unknown document, which Dagens Nyheter was the first to report onSweden’s NATO negotiator describes how they worked to get through Turkey’s demands to let Sweden and Finland into NATO.
The document contains 17 points that describe extraditions, people who are stopped from coming to Sweden and a new analysis of the Swedish security police that will ensure “concrete results”. It is also said that since last summer they have taken several new actions against the PKK. Information that cannot be confirmed by either Säpo, the police press service or the Swedish Migration Agency.
Confidential version at the Government Office
The document must have been compiled on November 25 by the government office and, according to Oscar Stenström, Sweden’s chief negotiator, used to “show Turkey and future allies in NATO” that “Sweden takes the information seriously”, according to DN.
An earlier version of the document from 6 October is available at the Government Office – but is classified as confidential. SVT has requested access to the document, but access has not yet been granted.
Stenström sent list to private email address
On November 28, DN took part in the document after Oscar Stenström sent it to his private email address. Which has given rise to criticism about whether he sent classified documents privately – and thus made them available to the public.
In an email to SVT, Stenström writes that the document released on November 28 belongs to the case that was established on November 25 and that he does not “comment on other versions”.
Can you confirm that the document you sent is not the same document that contains classified information?
“Yes. Naturally, I do not send classified documents by email,” he writes to SVT.
Stenström: Self-interest in increasing cooperation with Turkey
Critics who have seen the document believe that it lays the foundation for a “ruling cloak” over the cooperation with Turkey.
“Sweden has a vested interest in increasing legal cooperation with Turkey to combat terrorism and serious organized crime. The implementation is of course fully in accordance with Swedish law and is reported openly. A proof of this is that our implementation can be reviewed openly,” writes Stenström to SVT.
Watch research leader at the Foreign Policy Institute Jan Hallenberg explain the agreement between Turkey, Finland and NATO in the video below: