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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. He has also been noted internationally as a mediator in the Balkan conflict, serving as the European Union's Special Envoy to the Former Yugoslavia from June 1995, co-chairman of the Dayton Peace Conference in November 1995 and as High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from December 1995 to June 1997 immediately after the Bosnian War. From 1999 to 2001, he served as the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Balkans.

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L to R: Former British premier Tony Blair, who is the special envoy for the Middle East Quartet, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton attend a press conference after talks in Moscow on March 19, 2010. The International Quartet on the Middle East urged Israel to freeze all settlement activity and expressed deep concern about the situation in Gaza, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said. Catherine Ashton
European Union Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele (L) and Albania's Prime Minister Sali Berisha attend a joint news conference in Tirana on March 19, 2010. European Union
Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (R) and EU commissioner for enlargement Stefan Fule address the media in Ankara March 15, 2010. Fule urged Turkey Monday to open its ports to Cyprus under a trade pact with the bloc and to press on with peace efforts with Armenia. AFP PHOTO/Stinger. Turkey
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US. Israel
In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, fireworks explode over the People's Square in Giuyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province early Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007, the New Year's Day on China's lunar calendar. China
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - MARCH 18: Hamburg fans are seen during the UEFA Europa League round of 16 second leg match between RSC Anderlecht and Hamburger SV at Constant Vanden Stock Stadium on March 18, 2010 in Brussels, Belgium. Brussels
Green party Secretary General Cecile Duflot, who heads the Europe Ecology list in the Paris region, casts her vote on March 21, 2010 at a polling station in the suburb of Villeneuve-Saint-Georges during the second round of regional elections. Europe
BEIJING - MARCH 17: UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband talks with the teachers and students of the Foreign Affairs University of China on March 17, 2010 in Beijing, China. David Miliband is in China as part of a three-day visit to hold discussions with the country's political leaders. David Miliband
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget, speaks on a mobile phone before President Barack Obama spoke to the Democratic Caucus about the need to pass the Health Care Reform bill on Capitol Hill, March 20, 2010 in Washington, DC. The House is expected to vote on the bill on Sunday, March 21. Barack Obama
Under a picture of Iran's late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, talks with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007. Iran
Two swans rest in the snow-covered Kugulu Park in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. In the mountainous eastern Turkish city of Erzurum the temperatures reached -34 Celsius Wednesday night. Ankara
Belarus women, wearing traditional costums, sing songs around a bonfire outside Minsk, in the village of Ozertso on March 21, 2010 to celebrate the vernal (Spring) equinox. Belarus
Sporting Lisbon's midfielder Miguel Veloso (C) reacts during their Europa League qualifying football match against Atletico Madrid at Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon on March 18, 2010. The game ended with a 2-2 on aggregate - Atletico winning on away goals. Lisbon
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (L) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) give a joint press conference after their working session on March 17, 2010 at the EU headquarters in Brussels. The Greek Prime Minister refused to rule out an appeal for aid to the IMF, if European backing is insufficient to resolve its debt crisis.'If we realise that we indeed will be borrowing at extremely high rates. .. there are other options,' Papandreou told reporters in Brussels after talks with the head of the European Commission, which is supervising deficit reduction measures. European diplomatic sources have said Greece was seeking 20-25 billion euros through eurozone aid. European Commission
Celtic legends pose for a picture after winning the Dubai Football 7'S 2010 in the Gulf emirate on March 13, 2010. The green and white hoops of Celtic Legends triumphed at the inaugural Emirates Airline Dubai Football 7s, with an emphatic 3-2 Golden Goal victory against favourites AC Milan, while in the professionals final, Greek side Olympiacos defeated Leeds United by 2-0. Dubai
PLANICA, SLOVENIA - MARCH 21: Harri Olli of Finland competes during the FIS Ski Flying World Championships, Day 3 Team HS215 on March 21, 2010 in Planica, Slovenia. Finland
An Indian woman labourer carries stones on a construction site at a railway station in New Delhi, 18 February 2007. Whilst India's economy has undergone a substantial transformation since independence in 1947, women still suffer high levels of wage discrimination in the Indian urban labour market India
Ice floes build up on the Baltic Sea coast on the island of Ruegen, northern Germany, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. Baltic Sea

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Abdullah Gul Mar 16 2010 10:00 PM from Today's Zaman

"My visit is a sign of the importance the EU attaches to broad and deep relations with our Mediterranean partners and the Arab world"


Catherine Ashton Mar 13 2010 2:26 PM from France 24

"sent of course a decidedly bad signal and now it's now up to the Israeli government to really prove that they want the peace."


Carl Bildt Mar 13 2010 2:26 PM from France 24

"I'm very concerned, I am worried about the consequences ... I got a report from Turkey that the opposition now wants the normalization of the contacts between Armenia and Turkey to stop. I think this politicizing of history risks..."


Carl Bildt Mar 12 2010 8:28 PM from GlobalSecurity.org

"Those decisions... will have a negative impact on Turkish-Armenian ties which we have been trying to normalise"


Recep Tayyip Erdogan Mar 12 2010 6:26 PM from France 24

"It does not correspond to the close friendship of our two nations"


Recep Tayyip Erdogan Mar 11 2010 11:31 PM from Deutsche Welle

"It is important that you can take the lead in the overall management of the network of delegations ... It (the EAS) must have the keys to its own house."


Catherine Ashton Mar 08 2010 8:36 AM from New Kerala

"The Dubai murder is yet another setback for Israel's desire for an upgrade in relations"


Martin Schulz Feb 24 2010 12:44 AM from Free Internet Press
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