Kristersson thanked the staff of Sweden’s foreign ministry “who, under the leadership of Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard, have worked intensively on this matter.” He also thanked “my European colleagues who have been helpful in the process.”
Medin had been charged with insulting the president, a crime in Turkey, and with membership in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a Kurdish militant group that Turkey designates as a terrorist organization. The PKK announced on Monday that it will disband and disarm, ending 40 years of conflict with Turkey.
Relations between Sweden and Turkey have been rocky in the past, with the Turkish government initially refusing to ratify Stockholm’s bid to join NATO over, among other things, the presence of Kurdish groups in the Nordic country.
