Swedish foreign minister to visit Kyiv, Odesa

Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom will visit Kyiv and Odesa during her stay in Ukraine, Swedish Ambassador to Ukraine Martin Hagstrom said.

"The Swedish Foreign minister will fly to Ukraine tomorrow (on June 13). This is the fourth visit since she became minister, she will visit Odesa and Kyiv, she will also take part in a business conference," Hagstrom said during a presentation of the study of the Institute of World Politics "Foreign Policy Audit: Ukraine - Sweden" in Kyiv on Monday.

The ambassador added that representatives of large business companies of Ukraine and Sweden will take part in the conference.

According to him, Ukraine and Sweden have a great potential for cooperation, in particular, in economic area. "We agree that at present there is a great potential, we are talking about the development of business relations between our countries," Hagstrom noted.

As reported, Lithuanian and Swedish Foreign Ministers, Linas Linkevicius and Margot Wallstrom, will make a joint working visit to Ukraine on June 13-15.