onsdag, mars 22, 2006

Freivalds sista dumhet ?



Efter Leila Freivalds avgång finns det säkert en och annan
UD-sten att lyfta på:
The Yemen Observer, ett av de mera umbärliga nyhetsorganen,
berättar t ex om ett brev från Leila till den demokratiska
mönsterrgimen i Sanaa.
Det brevet skulle man vilja läsa...

"Swedes Write to Yemen after closing Website
Showing Cartoons
By Observer StaffFeb 15, 2006 -
SANA'A - Abu Baker Al-Qirbi, the Minister of Foreign

and Expatriate Affairs, received on Tuesday a letter
from the Swedish Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds,
related to the insulting cartoons of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH),
Saba news reported.
The Swedish minister expressed her disapproval and
sadness at the republication of the cartoons on a
right-wing extremist group's website, adding that
the Swedish government had closed the site.
Al-Qirbi also received a telephone call from Ekmeladdin
Ihsanoglu, the secretary general of the Organization of
the Islamic Conference (OIC).
Ihsanoglu briefed Al-Qirbi on the results of his meeting
with Javier Solana, the secretary-general of the Council
of the European Union, who visited the headquarters of
the organization on Monday."