Sweden’s Palestine statement signals start of weightier global role

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Sweden's Prime minister Stefan Lofven announces his new government during a Parliament session in Stockholm

By Alistair Scrutton and Johan Sennero STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s decision to recognise the Palestine state – without formally consulting its allies – may herald a wider foreign policy shift that has at its heart the aim of asserting a new diplomatic weight around the world. The ruling Social Democrats had signalled in their election manifesto an intention to recognise Palestine. But the speed of their post-election announcement, made during Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven’s inaugural address to parliament on Friday, surprised some countries including Israel. …

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