Swedish and Turkish Foreign Ministers Discuss Joakim Medin Case

Sweden's Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard spoke again with her Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan on Wednesday, she tells TT, among others, in conjunction with the NATO meeting in Turkish Belek.

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Swedish and Turkish Foreign Ministers Discuss Joakim Medin Case
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We had a conversation yesterday about Joakim Medin and I have continued to convey the government's message that we expect Joakim Medin to come home as soon as possible.

If any new information was given, she did not want to say.

I'm not going into what was said in our conversation.

The two foreign ministers have spoken about Joakim Medin on several occasions.

The Swedish journalist has been imprisoned in Turkey since March 27. A court in Ankara has sentenced him to a conditional sentence for insulting Turkey's President Recep Tayyip.

Remaining to be handled in court is the most serious charge, of membership in a terrorist organization and spreading terrorist messages. For this, Medin faces several years in Turkish prison. He has consistently denied the crimes and said that the charges concern his journalism.

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