inp.polri.go.id – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed his threat to freeze Sweden and Finland's membership process in the North Atlantic National Defense Alliance (NATO). This is contradictory with their decision at the end of June, which they had agreed to give the green light for the two Nordic countries to join NATO, albeit with a number of conditions. "We finally agreed together with the other members to start the Swedish and Finnish NATO membership process. However, I would like to remind once again that we do not hesitate to freeze the process if they (Finland-Sweden) do not take the necessary steps to fulfill our requirements," said Erdogan in Ankara. "We see Sweden does not give a good picture in this regard," he said again without elaborating. Turkey did reject Finland and Sweden at the beginning of their plans to join NATO. Ankara views the two Nordic countries supports numerous rebel groups in Turkey that Erdogan considers terrorists. Moreover, the two countries are also still imposing an arms embargo on Turkey regarding its military operations in Syria. However, at the end of June, Turkey finally changed its mind. Erdogan signed a trilateral memorandum with Finland and Sweden to support both countries becoming NATO members, which requires ratification of all 30 member parliaments and legislatures. After the signing of a memorandum covering some extraordinary issues between Turkey, Finland and Sweden, the two Nordic countries made the historic decision to formally apply for NATO membership. Ankara said Helsinki and Stockholm agreed not to provide support to the Kurdish People's Protection Units, also known as the YPG, which Turkey views as a terrorist organization. Turkey also said Finland and Sweden had recognized that the separatist militant Kurdistan Workers' Party, also known as the PKK was a "prohibited terrorist organization" and committed to preventing the activities of "the PKK and all other terrorist organizations and their extensions. The PKK has been judged by Turkey, the US, and European Union as a terrorist organization. Istanbul also said Turkey and the two Nordic countries agreed not to have a national arms embargo between them and would commit to establishing an intelligence-sharing mechanism for counter-terrorism and to combat organized crime. Quoted by CNN, Erdogan also said Sweden had promised to extradite the 73 Turkish fugitives that Ankara has been demanding in the trilateral deal.