UD WORKING HARD TO GET THE CONSIDERED Journalist Joakim Medin Released, says Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at a press conference.
– I have not had contact with Turkey’s president on this issue, at least not yet. Right now, the question at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is shot with intensive contacts that way, says Kristersson.
For almost a week ago, ETC journalist Joakim Medin has been imprisoned in Turkey. According to Turkish authorities, he is suspected to be linked to the terrorist stamped organization PKK. Medin is also considered to have insulted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Medin was already arrested at the airport and had traveled to Turkey to monitor the extensive protests against Erdogan
This weekend, Medin was moved to the notorious High Security Prison Marmara. President Erdogan’s political opponents and Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu also imprisoned at the same prison.
Foreign Ministry has “intensive contacts”
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson now states that the government is working hard to get the media released, but he has not yet had any contact with Erdogan.
– Right now, the question at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is shot with intensive contacts that way. We have a foreign ministry for a reason, ”says Kristersson.
At the same time, the prime minister does not rule out that in the future he will have contact with his Turkish colleague.
– We look at the event seriously, there is no doubt. It happens at a time when many question marks are raised about the Turkish legal system in general