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End to crisis in relations: Lapid renewed ties with Swedish Foreign Minister after 7 years

The Foreign Minister spoke with Minister Anne Lind on the eve of Yom Kippur, and a few days later announced the end of the crisis that began following Swedish recognition of Palestine as a state and continued with the refusal of Israeli prime ministers to meet with their counterparts.

"Expects increased cooperation between Israel and Sweden in international forums as well," he said

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Monday, 20 September 2021, 10:12 Updated: 10:38

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Israel and Sweden today (Monday) ended the crisis in relations that began in October 2014 following the Swedish recognition of Palestine as a state.

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid spoke by telephone with Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Lind on the eve of Yom Kippur, and this morning, after several days of coordination between the parties, he announced the resumption of relations at the Foreign Minister level.

This was the first conversation between the foreign ministers of the two countries since 2014.

For the past seven years, relations between the two countries have been in a deep stalemate.

Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom has become a non-grata persona in Israel.

Even after she left office, Israel did not allow Swedish foreign ministers to visit Israel, and Israeli foreign ministers and prime ministers did not meet with their Swedish counterparts despite requests from Swedes.

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Foreign Minister Lapid said that he appreciated the Swedish Foreign Minister's statement that Sweden is committed to Israel's security and that Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people.

Lapid spoke with Lind in a telephone conversation about Israel's participation in the Holocaust Remembrance Forum that will soon take place in the city of Malmo in Sweden.

"I expect increased cooperation between Israel and Sweden in international forums as well," Lapid said

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