Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (top) arrives to greet his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta in Kabul November 10, 2009. Reuters Pictures 1 week ago

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (top) arrives to greet his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta in Kabul November 10, 2009.

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  1. Swedish and Russian leaders pose for a group photo with government and EU officials during a one-day EU-Russia summit in Stockholm November 18, 2009. (L to R) Minister of Regional Development of Russia Viktor Basargin, Russian Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Swedish Minister for Enterprise and Energy Maud Olofsson, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (back row), Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrick Reinfeldt, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, European Commison President Jose Manuel Barroso, aide to the Russian president Sergey Prikhodko, European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Russian Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina and Russian Minister of Natural Resources Yuri Trutnev.
  2. This combination photo shows undated portraits of politicians often named by European media as potential candidates to become European Union high representative for foreign affairs and security policy. From top row (L to R) are British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, former Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and former Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema. Second row (L to R) are former Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Passnik, EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn and EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton. A summit this week to appoint an EU president and foreign affairs chief looks set to run over schedule with no clear candidates agreed despite long consultations, EU officials said on Tuesday.
  3. Swedish Minister for Enterprise and Energy Maud Olofsson and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev both point at a pin Medvedev wears on his lapel while they pose for a group photo during the summit between European Union and Russia at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden Wednesday Nov. 18 2009. Foreign Ministers Carl Bildt of Sweden And Sergei Lavrov of Russia stand behind them and Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt is to the right. The pin says "2 C" and is part of a campaign against climate change limiting average temperature rise to two degrees Celsius.
  4. European Union (EU) minister of foreign affairs Carl Bildt eats chocolate ahead of the afternoon session of the EU General Affairs & External Relations Council (GAERC) at the EU headquarters in Brussels on November 17, 2009.
  5. European Union (EU) minister of foreign affairs Carl Bildt (R) eats chocolate ahead of the afternoon session of the EU General Affairs & External Relations Council (GAERC) at the EU headquarters in Brussels on November 17, 2009.
  6. European Union (EU) minister of foreign affairs Carl Bildt (R) talks with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski (L) ahead of the afternoon session of the EU General Affairs & External Relations Council (GAERC) at the EU headquarters in Brussels on November 17, 2009.
  7. European Union (EU) minister of foreign affairs Carl Bildt (R) talks with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski (L) ahead of the afternoon session of the EU General Affairs & External Relations Council (GAERC) at the EU headquarters in Brussels on November 17, 2009.
  8. Swedish International Cooperation and Development Minister Gunilla Carlsson (L), Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (C) and EU external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner give a press conference on November 17, 2009 after the second working session of the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council at EU headquarters in Brussels.
  9. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, gestures during a meeting as Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, right, and Richard C. Holbrooke, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan is seen, left, after inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Afghan Foreign Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
  10. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta attend a meeting at the ministry of foreign affairs in Kabul November 19, 2009.
  11. Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, right, shakes hand with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Clinton arrived in Afghanistan to attend Thursday's inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
  12. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, walks with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, right, after her arrival at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Clinton arrived in Afghanistan to attend Thursday's inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
  13. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store shakes hands with his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta in Kabul, November 11, 2009. Norway has some 480 troops serving in Afghanistan as part of NATO's 71,000 strong International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
  14. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, left, speaks during a press conference with Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta at the Foreign Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Stoere said Afghans and the international community must focus sharply on improving the competence of the newly elected government of Afghanistan. Norway has over 550 soldiers, serving as part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.
  15. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store arrives to meet his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta in Kabul, November 11, 2009. Norway has some 480 troops serving in Afghanistan as part of NATO's 71,000 strong International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
  16. Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, right, speaks, as Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, looks on during a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Norway has over 550 soldiers, serving as part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.

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