The prime minister promptly responded to their letter, pledging to do his best to remove what he said was misunderstanding.
"This is about misunderstanding in the relations between photojournalists and security services and I will personally try to have the misunderstanding cleared up," Sanader said on Friday when he was asked to comment on the open letter.
He went on to say that there were some situations in which neither he nor anybody from his entourage can decide on the matter but it was within the remit of the security services.
The photojournalists complained that the behaviour of some of his bodyguards limited them in doing their job.
"Their excessive wish to control activities involving taking photographs of you is leading more and more frequently conflicting situations and embarrassing disputes. Offensive physical and verbal threats directed against photojournalists including the confiscation of the equipment, the erasing of photographs, scuffling ... are not in compliance with basic rules of the fair business relations or good manners," the photojournalists said.
They remind that it is their duty to cover the premier in his public activities and that they are entitled to freedom in their work just as their colleagues in democracies.