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09STOCKHOLM640
2009-10-09 12:25:00
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Embassy Stockholm
Cable title:
SWEDISH DEVELOPMENT MINISTER CARLSSON INVITES
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SUBJECT: SWEDISH DEVELOPMENT MINISTER CARLSSON INVITES
AMBASSADOR VERVEER TO SWEDEN
At a meeting with Ambassador Barzun on October 9, Swedish
Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla
Carlsson invited Ambassador-at-Large Melanne Verveer to visit
Sweden to discuss women's and gender issues in developing
countries. Carlsson, who would like to see a greater
cooperation between the U.S. and Sweden in these areas,
proposed that the visit take place at a time on Verveer's
convenience after Sweden relinquishes Presidency of the EU on
January 1, 2010.
BARZUN