Kristersson Confirms Contact with Turkey's Erdogan on Journalist Release

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (The Moderate Party) says that the release of the Swedish journalist Joakim Medin has been preceded by "intensive contacts" with the Turkish government.

» Published: May 16 2025

Kristersson Confirms Contact with Turkey's Erdogan on Journalist Release
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It feels very good. We have worked for a long time intensively, to some frustration quite a lot in silence and said that we believe it works better. And it has worked. I feel very secure that very intensive work has now given results, says Kristersson in Tirana.

Kristersson says further that he has been in contact with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the EPC meeting in Albania's capital.

Yes, I could confirm and state and said that I appreciated that this issue has been resolved. The most important thing is that (Sweden's Foreign Minister) Maria Malmer Stenergard has had very intensive contacts with the Turkish Foreign Minister. I have had contact with President Erdogan too and shortly after that, we got a tangible feeling that this is going in the right direction, says Kristersson.

The Prime Minister does not want to answer what is now happening with the trial against Medin in Turkey.

I think he should answer all his personal questions himself. I am not even sure that we have all the information. The important thing for us was to get him out of where he was sitting and get him back to Sweden again, says Kristersson.

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