Baku. Malahat Najafova – APA. Sweden welcomes the release of human rights defenders Leyla and Arif Yunus, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström said on Wednesday.
Wallström made the remarks during a joint press conference with her Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku.
She said that media freedom is an important element for each society. “I also welcome Azerbaijan’s initiatives of tolerance in the religious sphere,” the FM noted.