The Swedish government is to officially recognize Palestine on Thursday, Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said, according to dpa. "Through our recognition we want, first of all, to give our support to moderate forces among the Palestinians," Wallstrom wrote in the Dagens Nyheter daily. Sweden considered that criteria in international law for recognizing a Palestinian state "are met," she said. Although the borders are not defined, there is a government that can "show inner and outer control."
