Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom. Israel’s ban follows the Swedish FM’s comments on ‘extrajudicial killings’ that infuriated Israel. Photo: Johannes Jansson/norden.org.

Sweden will not have any role to play in the Israeli-Palestinian diplomatic process as a result of Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom’s hostility toward Israel, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.

The statement came as the ministry announced that its deputy director-general for Western Europe, Aviv Shir-On, called in Swedish ambassador Carl Magnus Nesser to protest Wallstrom’s comments.

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