PM: Sweden looking forward to continued cooperation with the US

- Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has congratulated Donald Trump who was yesterday sworn in as President of the United States.
- Ulf Kristersson writes on X that Sweden looks forward to continued close cooperation with the United States.
- However, Sweden’s Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard raised concerns about the US once again leaving the Paris Agreement, a UN treaty aimed at mitigating climate change.
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