Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard (The Moderate Party) has expressed herself to Expressen after tonight's meeting. She says that the government will conduct a close dialogue with Ukraine and with European and transatlantic partners about the way forward.
"It is clear that the pressure on Russia must increase to put an end to the war and lay the foundation for a just and sustainable peace based on international law. Sweden's military, political and civilian support for Ukraine is unwavering”, she writes to the newspaper.
The leader of the Social Democrats Magdalena Andersson writes in a comment that the meeting was a success for Vladimir Putin.
”The only clear result so far from the meeting in Alaska seems to be that Putin – a wanted war criminal – got to enter the American warmth, and stand side by side with the American president. That without seemingly having to give in on a single point”, she writes.
Magdalena Andersson also writes that Sweden and Europe must continue to increase support for Ukraine while the Ukrainian people defend their country's freedom.
”Putin said at the press conference that the underlying causes of the war in Ukraine still need to be resolved. He can easily do that by immediately ending his war and letting the Russian soldiers go home to their families”, she writes.
