Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt arrives for a meeting at the ninth Asia-Europe (ASEM) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Hanoi May 26, 2009. Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt arrives for a meeting at the ninth Asia-Europe (ASEM) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Hanoi May 26, 2009.

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  1. From left, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, and Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, take part in the E.U.-U.S. Energy Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at the State Department in Washington.
  2. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, second from left, makes remarks during the EU-US Energy Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at the State Department in Washington. From left are, European Council High Representative Javier Solana, Bildt, Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, and Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg.
  3. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, left, European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner, center, and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and take part in a discussion at the Brookings Institution in Washington, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.
  4. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, left, European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner, center, and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and take part in a discussion at the Brookings Institution in Washington, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.
  5. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, takes part in a discussion at the Brookings Institution in Washington with European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner, and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, both not pictured, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.
  6. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski takes part in a discussion at the Brookings Institution in Washington with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, and European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner, both not pictured, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.
  7. Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (2ndR), Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (R), whoes country holds teh EU rotating presidency welcome Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov (L) and Bulgarian Foreign Minister Rumiana Jeleva during an European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on October 29, 2009 in Brussels. Europe's leaders grapple on Thursday with deadlock on how to fight global warming and the legacy of recession, all the while jockeying for control of arguably the biggest appointment in Brussels' history.
  8. Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip (L) and Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet (R) are welcomed by Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (2ndL) and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt at an European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on October 29, 2009 in Brussels. Europe's leaders grapple on Thursday with deadlock on how to fight global warming and the legacy of recession, all the while jockeying for control of arguably the biggest appointment in Brussels' history.
  9. (L-R) Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite is welcomed by Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, whose country currently holds the rotating Presidency of EU, ahead of a two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels October 29, 2009.
  10. Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (L) and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, whose country currently holds the rotating Presidency of EU, pause ahead of a two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels October 29, 2009.
  11. (L-R) Finland's Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen is welcomed by Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, whose country currently holds the rotating Presidency of EU, ahead of a two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels October 29, 2009.
  12. (L-R) The Netherlands' Minister of European Affairs Frans Timmermans and Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende are welcomed by Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, whose country currently holds the rotating Presidency of EU, ahead of a two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels October 29, 2009.
  13. Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (L) and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, whose country currently holds the rotating Presidency of EU, gesture ahead of a two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels October 29, 2009.
  14. (L-R) Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates is welcomed by his Swedish counterpart Fredrik Reinfeldt and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, whose country currently holds the rotating Presidency of EU, ahead of a two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels October 29, 2009.
  15. Poland's President Lech Kaczynski (L) is welcomed by Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeld (C) and Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt as he arrives at a summit of European Union heads of state and government in Brussels October 29, 2009.
  16. From left, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, and Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt share a word during arrivals for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday Oct. 29, 2009. EU leaders open a difficult summit, facing an east-west rift over who should pay most to entice developing nations to sign up to a new global climate change pact.

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