Saudi Arabia freezes Swedish business visas as row deepens

[WorldNews]

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Saudi Arabia has stopped issuing business visas to Swedish citizens, the Swedish foreign ministry said Thursday amid a deepening diplomatic row between the Nordic country and the Gulf. Sweden "has been informed" by Riyadh of the development, a foreign ministry spokesman told AFP. We don't want this situation with Saudi Arabia," Swedish news agency TT quoted Prime Minister Stefan Loefven as saying in Brussels. Sweden last week cut military ties with Saudi Arabia after Foreign Minister Margot Wallstroem accused Riyadh of blocking her from making a speech about human rights to the Arab League.

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