Wednesday 2 September 2009

Israel Matzav: The undiplomatic Carl Bildt

The undiplomatic Carl Bildt

On Monday, I reported that Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini was working on a face-saving measure by which the European Union would condemn the Aftonbladet blood libel and Sweden would go along with that condemnation. On Tuesday, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt threw cold water on the entire idea.

However, in a further twist to this diplomatic crisis that swings from the bad to the farcical, Bildt – in Kabul for talks with international representatives and Afghan officials – has flatly denied that he and Frattini even discussed Sweden’s standoff with Israel, according to the Swedish news agency TT.

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Israel Matzav: The undiplomatic Carl Bildt

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