Sweden appoints chargé d’affaires to Belarus

Facebook (Swedish embassy in Belarus)
October 15, Pozirk. Sweden has appointed Lars-Gunnar Wigemark as chargé d’affaires to Belarus and head of mission at the Minsk embassy.
According to the embassy, Wigemark used to work in the EU diplomatic service—as head of the EU delegation and special envoy to Bosnia and Herzegovina and as head of the delegation to Pakistan.
He also worked at the Embassy of Sweden in Moscow, at the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the EU in Brussels and at the missions in Washington (USA) and Belgrade (Serbia).
Cichanoŭskaja praises Sweden’s principled stance on Łukašenka’s regime
June 17, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader Śviatłana Cichanoŭskaja has acknowledged Stockholm’s principled position towards Alaksanfdar Łukašenka’s regime as she met Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Minister for EU Affairs Jessica Rosencrantz. The talks focused on regional politics and security, support …
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