Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on Tuesday Stockholm had recalled its ambassador to Sri Lanka after Colombo declined Bildt's participation in a joint mission there with French and UK colleagues due this week. Bildt said the Sri Lankan decision not to accept him was "not good" for Stockholm's relations with Colombo. "The Sri Lankan authorities have suddenly said that they don't accept me," he told reporters at an EU meeting in Luxembourg, adding that no reason had been given. "It's very strange behavior ... exceedingly strange behavior.
