Statement Ministry for Foreign Affairs 04 October 2008
Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Carl Bildt on the terrorist attack in Turkey

"Fifteen soldiers have been killed in an attack carried out by the terror organisation PKK in south-eastern Turkey. It is absolutely clear that we must strongly condemn attacks of this type.

"The democratic reform process in Turkey is now gradually creating better conditions, also for those regions of the country that are dominated by Kurdish population groups, and it is these positive developments that the PKK wants to curb by means of terror."