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An image grab made available on April 26, 2015 from video footage from a kidnapper’s video broadcast by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation shows freed Swedish nationals Martin Reen (L) and Thomas Olsson, who were held hostage by Syrian jihadists since December 2013. (AFP Photo/Swedish Broadcasting Corporation)
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Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf (2nd-L) arrives to offer condolences after the death of Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz in Riyadh, on January 24, 2015. (Reuters/Saudi Press Agency/Handout via Reuters)
![Swedish King moves to contain diplomatic rift with Saudi Arabia](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Carl-XVI-Gustaf-in-Riyadh.jpg)
Swedish King moves to contain diplomatic rift with Saudi Arabia
Stockholm, Asharq Al-Awsat—Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf will meet with Foreign Minister Margot Wallström on Monday in a bid to contain an ongoing diplomatic spat between Sweden and Saudi Arabia. A statement from the Swedish Royal Court on Saturday said the King would...Caption:
Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz (C) heads a Saudi cabinet meeting in the capital Riyadh, on March 17, 2015. (Saudi Press Agency)
![Saudi cabinet weighs in on diplomatic rift with Sweden](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Cabinet-meeting.jpg)
Saudi cabinet weighs in on diplomatic rift with Sweden
Riyadh and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia on Monday once again defended its judiciary and human rights record, in response to recent comments by Sweden’s foreign minister that have led to a diplomatic rift between the two nations, and warned it could reconsider...Caption:
A general view of Saudi Arabia’s embassy is seen in Stockholm, Sweden, on March 11, 2015. (Reuters/Nora Lorek/TT News Agency)
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