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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.

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.

Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L) and Cypriot President Demetris Christofias look at photographs of Swedish peacekeeping operations on the ethnically divided island of Cyprus, in the capital Nicosia, April 24, 2009. Sweden assumes the rotating EU Presidency on July 1.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (left) and his Cypriot counterpart Markos Kyprianou attend a news conference in Nicosia April 24 2009. Sweden assumes the rotating EU presidency July 1.

Foreign Ministers of France Bernard Kouchner (L) and Sweden Carl Bildt (R) stand behind as their Czech counterpart Karel Schwarzenberg address reporters after meeting members of Bosnia's collective Presidency in Sarajevo April 8, 2009.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L), who also served as the international community top peace envoy to Bosnia, talks to Bosnia's newly-appointed peace envoy Valentin Inzko in the capital Sarajevo on April 7, 2009.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L), who also served as the international community top peace envoy to Bosnia, talks to Bosnia's newly-appointed peace envoy Valentin Inzko in the capital Sarajevo on April 7, 2009.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L), who also served as the international community top peace envoy to Bosnia, talks to Bosnia's newly-appointed peace envoy Valentin Inzko in the capital Sarajevo on April 7, 2009.

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Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L) talks with European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana after the family photo on March 27, 2009 during an Informal meeting of the EU Foreign Ministers at the Hluboka nad Vltavou castel.

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Foreign Ministers of Czech Republic Karel Schwarzenberg, second right, and of Sweden Carl Bildt, left, look on as their Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi, right, is welcomed by European Commissioner for External Relations and Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner, second l...

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Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, right, with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, following talks between a European Union diplomatic mission to the Middle East and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, not pictured, at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 5...

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EU Foreign policy chief Javier Solana, center, talks to Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, right, as Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, looks on following the European Union diplomatic mission to the Middle East meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, not pictured, at...

Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt answers questions during a news conference following a EU-Turkey foreign ministers meeting in Brussels May 19, 2009.

Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt (L-R), Turkey's Ali Babacan, Britain's David Miliband and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attend the 6th Transatlantic Gymnich gathering the Foreign Ministers of EU and NATO member countries at the Egmont Palace in Brussels March 4, 2009.

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Sweden's Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Bildt, center, speaks during a joint press conference with European Union Foreign Affairs Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, left, and European Union Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn, right, at the end of the European Union Foreign Affairs Counci...

Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn (R) greets his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt at the start of a European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels December 8, 2009.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton (L) , EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn (C) and Sweden's Foriegn Minister Carl Bildt arrive at a European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels December 7, 2009.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton (L) talks with Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn (C) and his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt at the start of a European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels December 7, 2009.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton (L) talks with Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn and his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt at the start of a European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels December 7, 2009.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt attends a press conference before the Turkey-EU Troika Ministerial meeting in Istanbul November 26, 2009.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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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.