Press Releases

27 May 2008
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's participation in the international conference on Iraq
On Thursday 29 May Sweden will be the host country for the first Iraq Compact Annual Review Conference in Stockholm (the ICI Conference).
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8 May 2008
Website for the Iraq conference on 29 May now open
On 29 May, Sweden will be hosting the Iraq Compact Annual Review Conference in Stockholm (ICI). As of 8 May 2008 information on the conference will be available at www.icistockholm.se
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24 April 2008
Media Accreditation for Iraq Compact Annual Review Conference in Stockholm on 29 May 2008
The closing date for applications for accreditation for the Iraq Compact Annual Review Conference (ICI) in Stockholm is 21 May.
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3 April 2008
Sweden to host international UN conference on Iraq
Today Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt met UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and made it clear that Sweden will host the first follow-up meeting for the International Compact with Iraq (ICI).
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29 November 2007
Sweden supports UN office in Iraq
The Government decided today to contribute SEK 4 million to the protection force for UN personnel in Iraq. The UN office in Iraq was recently given a greater role to play following a decision by the UN Security Council.
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1 September 2007
Carl Bildt visiting Iraq and Chad
On Saturday, Minister for Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt, along with Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy Tobias Billström, arrived in Iraq's capital, Baghdad. The visit is in response to the invitation Iraq's Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari issued to Mr Bildt when he was in Stockholm in March this year.
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26 February 2007
Visit by Iraq's Minister of Foreign Affairs
Iraq's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Hoshair Zebari will visit Sweden on 28 February - 1 March.
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