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  1. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt attends a press conference before the Turkey-EU Troika Ministerial meeting in Istanbul November 26, 2009.
  2. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L),Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (C) and Turkey's Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis (R) attend a news conference before their Turkey-EU Troika Ministerial meeting in Istanbul November 26, 2009.
  3. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L),Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (C) and Turkey's Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis (R) pose for media before their Turkey-EU Troika Ministerial meeting in Istanbul November 26, 2009.
  4. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L) and Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu pose for media before their Turkey-EU Troika Ministerial meeting in Istanbul November 26, 2009.
  5. From left, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey's chief EU negotiator Egemen Bagis and Spain's State Secretary for European affairs Diego Lopez Garrido pose for cameras after their talks in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. Turkish and European Union ministers met in Istanbul to discuss Turkey's stalled bid to join the bloc.
  6. From right, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, Turkey's chief EU negotiator Egemen Bagis and Spain's State Secretary for European affairs Diego Lopez Garrido seen after their talks in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. Turkish and European Union ministers met in Istanbul to discuss Turkey's stalled bid to join the bloc.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.

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