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09STOCKHOLM322
2009-05-27 11:27:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Stockholm
Cable title:  

SWEDEN CONDEMNS DPRK NUCLEAR TEST

Tags:  PGOV PINR PREL NK SW 
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TAGS: PGOV PINR PREL NK SW
SUBJECT: SWEDEN CONDEMNS DPRK NUCLEAR TEST

UNCLAS STOCKHOLM 000322

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PINR PREL NK SW
SUBJECT: SWEDEN CONDEMNS DPRK NUCLEAR TEST


1. On May 25, the North Korean Ambassador to Sweden, Ri Hui Chol,
was summoned to the MFA where State Secretary Frank Belfrage, the
number two official in the ministry, delivered an official protest
against North Korea's nuclear test. Belfrage called it an
escalation of the already tense situation on the Korean Peninsula.
Ri's responses were "nothing different from the DPRK official press
line," DPRK desk officer Emma Nordlund told us. Belfrage urged
North Korea to resume the Six Party talks, follow NPT guidelines,
and open up its nuclear sites for IAEA inspections.


2. Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, who is traveling in Asia, made
several statements to the media and on his blog, including: "It is
alarming that the North Korean regime continues to provoke the
international community. In a poor, oppressed society, this
extremely closed regime is investing enormous resources on these
increasingly serious provocations." He added that there is no
military solution to the situation, "diplomacy is the only way."



3. Sweden has had a diplomatic presence in North Korea since 1973
and represents U.S. interests. Sweden also has five delegates in
the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission in the Demilitarized
Zone.

SILVERMAN