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Iran's Ambassador summoned to Ministry for Foreign Affairs

State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Frank Belfrage

Iran's Ambassador in Stockholm was summoned today to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to meet State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Frank Belfrage. Mr Belfrage delivered a sharply worded message to Ambassador Eslami concerning the locally engaged UK embassy staff in Tehran who are being detained by Iranian authorities.

Gunilla Carlsson to meet the new UN Representative on violence against children

On Monday 6 July Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson will meet Marta Santos Pais, the UN Special Representative on Violence against Children.

They will meet at the EU NGO Forum on Human Rights focusing on violence against children. This meeting is the largest event on the theme of human rights that Sweden is hosting during its Presidency.

Sweden sends election observers to Afghanistan

The Government decided today to contribute Swedish observers to the EU Election Observation Mission in Afghanistan. The elections will start on 20 August 2009. The Swedish contribution will initially consist of one long-term observer and two observers linked to the Embassy in Kabul. Sweden is prepared to send additional long- and short-term observers if the EU so requests.

Director-General for Political Affairs at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, will chair the meeting. Photo: Jacob Martinsson/MFA

The Swedish Presidency opens with meeting between the Directors-General

For two days, on 2 and 3 July, the most senior foreign policy officials of the EU Member States, the Directors-General for Political Affairs, will meet for informal discussions of EU foreign policy. Björn Lyrvall, who is Sweden's Director-General for Political Affairs and will chair the meeting, has given an interview.

Counsellor Ingbritt Roche supervises the Embassy's move. Photo: Stefan Ericson

Swedish Embassy returns to Baghdad

On 1 July, the Swedish Embassy for Iraq will return to Baghdad, having previously operated from Amman. On the same day, the Embassy will take over the local Presidency of the European Union in Iraq. However, the Embassy's formal opening ceremony will be held at a later date.

Owing to the current security situation in Iraq, visa and residence permit applications will continue to be processed by Swedish embassies in neighbouring countries.

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