Saudi Arabia: Sweden tries to make amends
Issue 990
- 03 Apr 2015
| 3 minute read
Sweden sent special envoy Baron Bjorn von Sydow to Riyadh on 27 March, in an attempt to defuse the row sparked by foreign minister Margot Wallström’s criticism of the kingdom’s treatment of women and flogging of Raif Badawi. Saudi Arabia had withdrawn its ambassador, Ibrahim Bin Saad Al-Ibrahim, from Sweden, and said it would no longer issue business visas to Swedes, to the alarm of many in Stockholm.
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