Swedish embassy in Iraq attacked; envoy expelled
- July 21, 2023
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Swedish embassy in Iraq attacked; envoy expelled
Subject : International Relations
Section: Map
Concept :
- Iraq’s prime minister ordered the expulsion of the Swedish ambassador from Iraq and the withdrawal of the Iraqi charge d’affaires from Sweden on Thursday as a man desecrated of a copy of the Quran in Stockholm with permission from Swedish authorities.
About Sweden
- Sweden is a country in Northern Europe on the Scandinavian Peninsula.
- It borders Norway to the west; Finland to the northeast; and the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Bothnia to the south and east.
- It has maritime borders with Denmark, Germany, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, and it is also linked to Denmark (southwest) by the Öresund bridge.