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Sweden’s defence minister Sten Tolgfors has resigned amid ongoing revelations about the country’s secret arms deals with Saudi Arabia. Tolgfors told reporters on Thursday (March 29) that he had been considering stepping down for some time, but that the current media circus was the tipping point.
“I have today, upon request from Sten Tolgfors, decided to relieve Sten Tolgfors [of his duties],” Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said in the news conference. He added that the infrastructure minister Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd will now temporarily fill the position.
“There was no intrigue behind the resignation,” Tolgfors said. “I’m happy to have been a part of an armed forces for which I have the utmost esteem. But my energy has begun to wane. And the media attention of the last few weeks was the last straw.”
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