This afternoon, the trial against Swedish journalist Joakim Medin begins in Ankara. A trial in a judicial system that is not entirely easy to predict.
There are great risks involved in this, which is why we are so concerned, says Ulf Kristersson to TT at the conservative party group EPP's congress in Valencia.
There are many countries where we fully trust that trials will proceed as they would have in Sweden, so it's clear that there are reasons to be worried about the situation itself.
No Swedish minister is present during the trial, but personnel from the Swedish embassy.
The fact that no minister is present has, according to Kristersson, been decided after weighing what is best for Joakim Medin. However, intensive contacts are ongoing at various levels.
We are now working to do what we can to make this end as well as possible, he says.
Have you had direct contact with President Erdogan?
We're not telling exactly what we're doing right now, but I'm satisfied with saying that we're making very large efforts and have direct contacts with Turkey and others who we believe can be of help, says Ulf Kristersson.
Do you think Joakim Medin will get a fair trial?
I can't assess that. There are different examples of trials that seem to have been correct and examples of trials that seem to be completely wrong. So I won't guess about this, he says.
We'll find out a bit later today how this trial is conducted.
