Identifier
Created
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09STOCKHOLM126
2009-02-23 15:26:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Stockholm
Cable title:
SWEDEN APPOINTS SPECIAL ENVOY TO
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UNCLAS STOCKHOLM 000126
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PINR AF PK SW
SUBJECT: SWEDEN APPOINTS SPECIAL ENVOY TO
AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN
UNCLAS STOCKHOLM 000126
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PINR AF PK SW
SUBJECT: SWEDEN APPOINTS SPECIAL ENVOY TO
AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN
1. (U) In preparation for its EU presidency the Swedish
government appointed Anna Karin Enestrom as Special Envoy to
Afghanistan and Pakistan on February 20. Enestrom currently
serves as ambassador to Pakistan. Bildt issued a press
statement that said the appointment is a step in the
government's goal to increase Swedish and EU engagement in
Afghanistan, adding "Afghanistan will be a key issue during
Sweden's EU presidency" and will be a key item in
transatlantic cooperation. Enestrom's role will facilitate
the promotion of a more vigorous and coherent EU policy
towards the region during Sweden's EU presidency. Bildt said
he apprised Special Envoy Holbrooke of Enestrom's appointment
when the two met in Munich in early February.
2. (U) Biographical Information: Enestrom, who became
ambassador to Pakistan in 2007, served with the MFA in
Nairobi, Strasbourg and New York. She served as Deputy Chief
of Cabinet in the Swedish Permanent Mission to the UN from
2003-2005, when Jan Eliasson was president of the UN General
Assembly. Enestrom was the Deputy Head of Mission at the
Swedish Permanent Representation to the Council of Europe in
1995. She has extensive expertise in peace and security
issues and has sat on numerous UN peace building commissions.
In 2005 she co-authored a chapter in "The Peacebuilding
Commission: linking Security and Development." She was born
in 1961.
SILVERMAN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PINR AF PK SW
SUBJECT: SWEDEN APPOINTS SPECIAL ENVOY TO
AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN
1. (U) In preparation for its EU presidency the Swedish
government appointed Anna Karin Enestrom as Special Envoy to
Afghanistan and Pakistan on February 20. Enestrom currently
serves as ambassador to Pakistan. Bildt issued a press
statement that said the appointment is a step in the
government's goal to increase Swedish and EU engagement in
Afghanistan, adding "Afghanistan will be a key issue during
Sweden's EU presidency" and will be a key item in
transatlantic cooperation. Enestrom's role will facilitate
the promotion of a more vigorous and coherent EU policy
towards the region during Sweden's EU presidency. Bildt said
he apprised Special Envoy Holbrooke of Enestrom's appointment
when the two met in Munich in early February.
2. (U) Biographical Information: Enestrom, who became
ambassador to Pakistan in 2007, served with the MFA in
Nairobi, Strasbourg and New York. She served as Deputy Chief
of Cabinet in the Swedish Permanent Mission to the UN from
2003-2005, when Jan Eliasson was president of the UN General
Assembly. Enestrom was the Deputy Head of Mission at the
Swedish Permanent Representation to the Council of Europe in
1995. She has extensive expertise in peace and security
issues and has sat on numerous UN peace building commissions.
In 2005 she co-authored a chapter in "The Peacebuilding
Commission: linking Security and Development." She was born
in 1961.
SILVERMAN