Thank you for your very pertinent and important question.
I would like to start by saying that it is certain that the Eritrean government has completely denied Mr. Isaak's Swedish citizenship. Secondly, I would like to go a step further and say that Mr. Isaak's dual Swedish and Eritrean citizenship also makes him a unique case. As Mr. Isaak is a European national, of course, Sweden has a special status and special national and international legal responsibilities in this respect.
As I said earlier in my speech, according to Professor Cotler's report on consular protection for journalists at risk abroad in the context of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom, diplomatic protection is not a matter of discretion, it is an international legal obligation. This obligation devolves on the country of the nationality of the imprisoned journalist and on the country that is detaining the journalist. In this case, it is Sweden, as the country of nationality of the detained journalist, and Eritrea, as the country holding the journalist. I would add that Eritrea, which is responsible for Mr. Isaak's enforced disappearance, has been holding him arbitrarily for 20 years.
So there is indeed a very important responsibility on both sides. I could go much further, if I had the time, and talk to you about the Swedish aspect.