The Arab League has written a letter to foreign ministers from the European Union (EU) in its continuing campaign for Israel to open its nuclear program to international inspection, according to diplomats who talked to the Associated Press on Thursday. An Arab-sponsored motion to that effect is scheduled for a vote next month at the general assembly of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
One of the recipients of the letter is Foreign Minister Carl Bildt of Sweden, which holds the presidency of the EU. "We are hopeful that your country would support the Arab draft resolution," says the letter, which notes that "unfortunately," Sweden was among the EU nations voting to block action on the document last year. Swedish foreign ministry spokesman Anders Jorle said Thursday the Swedish EU presidency was preparing an answer on behalf of the European Union but no final stance had yet been decided.