(Morning News) The Swedish Strategic Product Supervision Bureau announced on Friday (September 30) that as part of the Sweden and Turkey reached an agreement in NATO negotiations, it is now allowed to resume export weapons to Turkey.
Xinhua News Agency quoted the news bulletin issued by the Swedish Strategic Product Supervision Bureau on the same day that export permits are suitable for all products affected by weapons export laws, including electronic equipment, software and technical support.In view of commercial confidentiality and external confidentiality, the official has not announced the Swedish defense industry company and specific products involved in the license.
The communiqué said that this permit was "considers the changes in the national defense and security policy environment" and was issued after "comprehensive evaluation".The reasons for national defense and safety policies for military equipment exported by other member states ".
Because Turkey launched military operations against the "People's Protection Force" of the Kurdish armed "People's Protection Force", Sweden suspended its export weapons to Turkey in October 2019.
Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO in May this year, but were opposed by Turkey.After several rounds of negotiations, Turkey, Sweden, and Finland signed a memorandum at the end of June to confirm that Turkey agreed with Sweden and Finland to join NATO.Restrictions on Turkey Export National Defense Equipment.
According to the regulations, NATO must attract new members under the premise of "unanimous consent" in 30 member states.At present, Türkiye and Hungary have not yet officially approved Sweden and Finland to join NATO.
