Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins offer condolences to their Swedish counterparts over death of Swedish soldiers in Afghanistan [08 Feb 2010]

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Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis and Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins, on behalf of the Government of Latvia, have sent letters of condolence to Prime Minister of Sweden, Fredrik Reinfeldt, and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt with regard to the tragic death of Swedish soldiers in Afghanistan.

On 7 February two Swedish officers Johan Palmlöv and Gunnar Andersson were killed in an attack in Afghanistan.

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