to Belarus Martin Oberg who arrived to Grodno with official visit. "This visit fact-finding, a main goal is to come into contacts and cooperation with local authorities and civil sector. We discussed a number of questions with the authorities, including the economic. Our enterprises solve where to go and with whom to cooperate. They do not know that such Belarus. I here that most to see what here situation, and then to tell them – with Belarusians it is possible to work, eat examples of successful cooperation and projects", - the ambassador told during opening of the Swedish-Belarusian exhibition of caricatures on climate change and environmental problems. to
"After taking office of the ambassador by the main call for me. After misunderstanding which happened a few years ago, there was a deposit in the relations. Now we say that unites us, and we can discuss in what there are disagreements. We build the confidential neighbour's relations with Finland, Germany, Poland. Now – and with Belarus", - Martin Oberg noted.
the Ambassador, apparently, meant history with "a plush landing" which received a wide public response and gave the grounds to doubt fighting capacity not only Belarusian, but also allied anti-aircraft weapons. Let's remind, on July 4, 2012 the Swedish plane crossed frontier Belarus from outside Lithuania. Over Ivents and Minsk hundreds teddy bears with democratic slogans were dumped. Responsibility for an action was assumed by representatives of the Swedish PR company Studio Total. This action they wanted to support a freedom of speech to Belarus.
Soon after that posts many highest officials of power structures lost div, and in August from Belarus Sweden Eriksson Stephane sent the ambassador of that time. Ministry foreign affairs of Kingdom of Sweden refused to accept the new Belarusian ambassador, and also suggested two Belarusian diplomats to leave the country. Ministry of foreign affairs of the Republic of Belarus withdrew the embassy from Stockholm and offered Sweden to undertake similar actions concerning the diplomatic mission. From August, 2012 to July, 2013 Sweden had in Minsk no representative with the diplomatic status, then the diplomatic mission was headed by the Charge d'Affaires ad interim Martin Oberg whom at the end of April 2015 Government of Sweden appointed the ambassador to Belarus.
Dialogue between the countries was adjusted by div completely when in in November 2016 Belarus resumed diplomatic presence to Sweden.
by words Martin Oberg, Belarus addresses to the Swedish experience in the plan of technologies, the parties prepare joint projects on energy saving.
"The Nobel Prize became huge plus for image Belarus to Sweden. Today Aleksievich Svetlana - the most popular Belarusian author in our country.
A in general, Swedes and Belarusians are very similar, we - the quiet northern people, it unites us", - the ambassador noticed.