Yesterday, 26 October, the EU countries agreed to adopt a common strategy for the Baltic Sea region. Sweden’s Minister for EU Affairs Cecilia Malmström is delighted with the decision, and thinks that it will be of crucial significance for the region’s environment, prosperity and competitiveness in the future.
On Tuesday, 3 November Fredrik Reinfeldt, representing the Swedish EU Presidency, will take part in the EU-USA summit with US President Barack Obama in Washington. The meeting will focus on climate change, the global economic and financial crisis and current external relations issues, particularly Afghanistan and Iran.
Sweden, as well as Poland and, the Czech Republic, was praised for the EU Eastern Partnership initiative at a seminar at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Monday, attended by Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt, European Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Poland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski.
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