'We don't talk to the Swedes at all': Afwerki
Published: 20 May 12 10:03

Carl Bildt’s silent diplomacy between Sweden and Eritrea is non-existent and nothing is being done to bring home imprisoned Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak, claimed Eritrea’s president Isaias Afwerki in an interview on Saturday.

Contrary to what Sweden’s foreign minister Carl Bildt has been saying, Afwerki denied that Sweden was using any form of silent diplomacy to get Dawit Isaak out of prison, in an interview with national newspaper Aftonbladet.

Isaak, a Swedish journalist, has been imprisoned in Eritrea for more than ten years without trial or official charges.

Little is known of his well-being, or where he is. Afwerki wouldn’t comment on a long-standing rumour that Isaak is dead.

“This question no longer deserves my answer. If Sweden’s government want to make this a huge issue, we can only say that we have other things to do.”

The contact between Sweden and Eritrea now has stopped entirely, said Afwerki in the interview.

“We don’t talk to the Swedes at all,” he said.

The Eritrean president's comments have surprised Sweden's foreign ministry.

"I don't know what lies behind this," said cabinet secretary Frank Belfrage to news agency TT.

"But first of all, our work to get Dawit Isaak free continues tirelessly, and second of all, we have regular contact with high representatives from Eritrea. Our ambassador is there regularly, he's going on his 37th visit next week."

Leif Öbrink, head of the organization Free Dawit Isaak, agrees that Afwerki’s statement is untrue and simply part of a “game of chess”.

Öbrink states that diplomatic connections between the two countries definitely still exist.

“The Swedish ambassador for Eritrea is down there occasionally. So that means the diplomatic connections are not broken off, as the president is trying to say,” said Öbrink to Aftonbladet.

http://www.thelocal.se/40932/20120520/

Dawit Issak was arrested along with G-15 , just because he is Swedish national do they have to give him a special treatment ? please @game use your head and for your info there are two Swedish journalist arrested by weyane why don't you talk about that ጦጣ

Dawit Issak was arrested along with G-15 , just because he is Swedish national do they have to give him a special treatment ? please @game use your head and for your info there are two Swedish journalist arrested by weyane why don't you talk about that ጦጣ

Release them all, you lying sumbags

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no release soon ! stay tuned !