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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Sun Oct 5, 2014, 05:30 PM Oct 2014

'US Won’t Decide Our Policies' – Sweden On Palestinian State Recognition [View all]

Washington will not be the one to decide Sweden’s policies, Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström said after the US criticized Stockholm’s plans to officially recognize Palestine as a sovereign state.

“It's not the US that decides our politics,” Wallström said, adding that the new Swedish authorities expected to “get criticism” after their announcement on Palestinian statehood.

However, the minister stressed that Stockholm “will continue the constructive dialogue with the US to explain our motives and reasons for this,” Aftonbladet newspaper reported.

In his first speech before the country's parliament on Friday, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven promised that Sweden will “recognize the states of Palestine.”

He added that the conflict with Israel “can only be solved with a two-state solution, negotiated in accordance with international law.”

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http://rt.com/news/193224-sweden-us-palestine-statehood/

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'US Won’t Decide Our Policies' – Sweden On Palestinian State Recognition [View all] Purveyor Oct 2014 OP

Tip of the hat to Sweden. cheapdate Oct 2014 #1

As someone with Swedish relatives... Rhinodawg Oct 2014 #2

I haven't the slightest but I feel compelled to ask, who? Phlem Oct 2014 #5

It's good to see other countries chiming in on this situation. Chemisse Oct 2014 #3

You mean they don't trust a country run by a man with a Nobel Peace Prize? hughee99 Oct 2014 #4

Why use that as a snide attack? he deserved the prize based on the reasoning for the award n/t Bodhi BloodWave Oct 2014 #26

Didn't he get it for not being George Bush? (nt) mr blur Oct 2014 #27

my understanding is that he got it Bodhi BloodWave Oct 2014 #29

Good for them! Xolodno Oct 2014 #6

Maybe they should explain their policies treestar Oct 2014 #7

The RT article appears to indicate that the US has not commented substantively on Sweden's actions. branford Oct 2014 #12

From a larger Al-Jazeera article... ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #18

I stand corrected (the RT article was very poorly written). branford Oct 2014 #20

Sweden is the ninth country to recognize Palestine. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #21

I don't see how such a strategy really works. branford Oct 2014 #24

Those are good points. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #25

Recognition of the State of Palestine does not necessarily equal peace. branford Oct 2014 #28

Of course, but pressure can help. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #30

They did, but the RT article didn't cover the story very well. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #19

I suppose that now Sweden is considered unAmerican and part of the Axis of Evil. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2014 #8

I think the reaction in most of America is, ">>yawn,<< pass the remote control . . ." branford Oct 2014 #14

Good for them. liberal_at_heart Oct 2014 #9

Thank you Sweden malaise Oct 2014 #10

Sanctions on Sweden will surely follow after the media buildup misinforming folks about the Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #11

Sweden is Un-American. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #13

Good. I wonder what the global tally is on this issue? toby jo Oct 2014 #15

Here go you.... Violet_Crumble Oct 2014 #23

Let's take a cue fron Sweden... Mister Nightowl Oct 2014 #16

But Assange thinks Sweden is a US puppet state... SidDithers Oct 2014 #17

Oh that's right! treestar Oct 2014 #22

One nation (American in the past 70 years) Dawson Leery Oct 2014 #31