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BRUSSELS -- Leaders of the 27 countries of the European Union on Thursday night chose Herman Van Rompuy, the Belgian prime minister, as the European Union's first president, and Catherine Ashton of Britain, currently the bloc's trade commissioner, as... Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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(BRUSSELS) - European leaders were urged Thursday not to miss a "historic occasion" as they gathered to choose a first-ever European Union president to represent the 27-nation bloc on the world stage. Full Article at EUbusiness
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Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L) speaks with his Portuguese counterpart Luis Amado on May 18, 2009 before the start of a General Affairs Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. View Photo »
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I do not think we are there yet ... I would hope that we would be in a position to recognize a Palestinian state, but there has to be one first. So I think that is somewhat premature. We have said previously if you go back to what the European Union has said that we would be in a position to recognize a...
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The European Union believes recognition of a Palestinian state is "premature," Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said Tuesday. Sweden currently holds the EU presidency. Full Article at The Post Chronicle
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"I don’t think we are there yet," Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt, whose country holds the EU’s rotating presidency, told reporters in Brussels. Full Article at Irish Examiner
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European Union rejects calls for "Palestinian" state, saying conditions are "not there yet"
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Brussels, 17 Nov. (AKI) - The European Union on Tuesday rejected calls by the Palestinian Authority to declare a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Full Article at Jihad Watch
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Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L) talks with his Portuguese counterpart Luis Amado during a EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels May 18, 2009. View Photo »
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I recently met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden and President of the Council of the European Union, Mr Carl Bildt... where the subject of visas was discussed in a positive way
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Palestinian negotiator Sa’eb Erekat said on Sunday that “We are now facing a moment of truth”. Full Article at UN-Truth
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"I don't think we are there yet," he told reporters when asked, after Palestinian leaders raised the issue, whether the European Union could recognize a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as its capital. Full Article at The Post Chronicle
About Carl Bildt
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Nils Daniel Carl Bildt (help·info), KCMG (born 15 July 1949) is a Swedish politician and diplomat. Formerly Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994 and leader of the liberal conservative Moderate Party from 1986 to 1999, Bildt has served as Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs since 6 October 2006. Full Article
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I do not think we are there yet ... I would hope that we would be in a position to recognize a Palestinian state, but there has to be one first. So I think that is somewhat premature. We have said previously if you go back to what the European Union has said that we would be in a position to recognize a...
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I recently met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden and President of the Council of the European Union, Mr Carl Bildt... where the subject of visas was discussed in a positive way
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I will propose the action plan for Afghanistan which EU has decided and wants to strengthen and streamline our engagement and support for development of Afghanistan in different ways
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Hopefully it would end with deals that reflects global's commitment to cope with the climate change impacts
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I had conducted talks on climate change issues with the Indian government in New Delhi, with President Barrack Obama in the United States and with Russian leaders. The talks results indicated significantly that they had moved to the rights direction, toward compromises, in the upcoming Copenhagen summit...
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I had conducted talks on climate change issues with the Indian government in New Delhi, with President Barrack Obama in the United States and with Russian leaders. The talks results indicated significantly that they had moved to the rights direction, toward compromises, in the upcoming Copenhagen summit...
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Indonesia has been the leading example in human rights and democracy that made us delighted about it
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The McChrystal report is very clear. The military security efforts are critical to success in Afghanistan, but without success in the political civilian efforts they are going to come to nothing whatsoever.
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There clearly needs to be a new start in Afghanistan
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we have an obligation to address the humanitarian and human-rights issues in Sri Lanka
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If we don't put in place some sort of functioning state in Afghanistan, some system of governance, then all our other efforts will fail. There is a new recognition of that
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The new strategy recognises the centrality of the political task in Afghanistan
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I think we have overall a very good atmosphere between the European Union and the region
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Our combined efforts are different components of a policy for peace, democracy and development in Afghanistan and the surrounding region. Extending Sweden's military presence is currently an unavoidable part of this approach
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a powerful tool to promote deeper cooperation and approximation between Moldova and the EU
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We want Bosnia to go forward, but it requires decisions from the Bosnian political leaders. We are not going to hold the region hostage to Bosnia
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We want Bosnia to go forward, but it requires decisions from the Bosnian political leaders. We are not going to hold the region hostage to Bosnia
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The message has been here that you need to make the decisions necessary for you in order to apply for membership in the European Union. These measures are not particularly dramatic, but they are absolutely essential
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We can't do that. But we want to show them the way. And the fact that we're doing this in cooperation within the EU and the United States is significant
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The European Union is a union of sovereign democracies, not a union of semi-functioning semi-protectorates. It is up to the Bosnian politicians to take their country from a semi-protectorate to sovereign democracy
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We have had an answer from Iran. It is not a very concrete answer, but an answer is an answer, and it means they are prepared to talk.
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We are engaged in a long-term effort to help to build some sort of stability in that country. It is not going to be easy, it is not going to be fast, it is not going to be cheap but it is essential for the people of Afghanistan
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