Friday, May 1, 2009

Sweden snubs Lanka

By Jamila Najmuddin

(DM)Sweden’s Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has declined a fresh invitation by the Sri Lankan government after Sweden publicly announced earlier this week that a visa for the Foreign Minister to visit Sri Lanka with his French and British counterparts was rejected.

In a short email interview to the Daily Mirror, Swedish Minister Bildt’s press secretary Irena Busic confirmed that the Minister was extended a fresh invitation but he would not accept the invitation from the Sri Lankan government. Full text