Sweden's Ministry for Foreign Affairs Press Release re: U.S. Releases Swedish Citizen from Guantanamo Bay

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Press release from Sweden's Ministry for Foreign Affairs announcing the release of a Swedish citizen who had been held at Guantanamo for over two years.

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Anders Hagquist Press Secretary 08-405 56 81 070-314 57 00
Carl Henrik Eh.renkrona Director-General for Legal Affairs 08-405 50 S3 073-3241133
Maria Hakansson Press Office. Ministry for Foreign Affairs 09-405 15 92 0708-66 84 91
Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Press release

8 July 2004
RELEASED IN FULL

Swedish citizen at Guantanamo base
released

The Swedish citizen who has been held at Guantanamo base in Cuba for
more than two years has been released. He will now be flown home to
Sweden.
The release of the Swedish citizen has been preceded by a series ofcontacts between the United States apd Sweden, both between government agencies and at diplomatic level. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, for example, raised the issue with her American counterpart on her visit to Washington earlier this year. The Minister for Defence also discussed the matter when he visited Washington in the winter. Later, in April, the Prime Minister brought up the issue with President Bush. There have been intensive contacts between Sweden and the United States dUring the spring and summer in an attempt to reach a solution.
Sweden's basic position has been that the man must either be freed or be .
brought to court, in accordance with generally accepted legal principles.
In their contacts with representatives of the United States prior to the man's release, Swedish representatives have described the measures that Swedish Jaw enforcement authorities may take when the man has returned to Sweden.
"It is highly gratifying that the Swedish citizen at Guantanamo has finally
been released," says Minister for Foreign Affairs Laila Freivalds in.a
comment.
"Sweden is an active participant in the fight against international te~orism.
To be conducted as effectively as possible, this fight is dependent on
exten~ive international cooperation, not least in police matters. But it must
not be conducted with means that lie outside the limits defined in the
international legal system. That is why we in Sweden have been unable to 'accept individuals being held at Guantanamo with no legal basis. This has
been the principle upon which we have acted," says Ms Freivalds.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
005-001545
REVIEW AUTHORITY: SHARON E AHMAD

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. DATE/CASE ID: 14 DEC 2004 200303827

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