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Monday, March 9, 2015
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Monday, March 9, 2015
Saudi nixes Swedish FM’s Arab League address
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSaudi Arabia blocks the Swedish foreign minister from addressing the Arab League because of Sweden’s criticism of Saudi Arabia’s human rights record, Reuters reports.
“Last night, we were told that Saudi Arabia had blocked Margot’s participation,” the foreign minister’s press spokesman Erik Boman says.
Margot Wallstrom, Sweden’s foreign minister, had been invited to give a speech to a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in a trip aimed at building cooperation to promote democracy, human rights and economic integration, Reuters reports.
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