Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Björstrom was unable to attend a meeting with his European counterparts in Kyiv on Monday because he forgot his passport and was not allowed to cross the border, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and diplomatic sources said. the Austrian publication Die Presse quotes, the Ukrainian press writes on Tuesday.

Since he did not have a passport with him, the border police on the Polish-Ukrainian border denied the Swedish minister entry to Ukraine. As a result, Minister Tobias Bilstrom had to cancel his eight-hour train trip to Kyiv.

He was not the only minister who was absent the meeting took place in the Ukrainian capital. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto did not attend, as did his Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau, who cited the “deterioration of bilateral relations” between his country and Ukraine, and Latvian Foreign Minister Kristianis Karinsh was absent because he is ill with covid . (Agerpress)