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Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström said on Wednesday that he will resign when parliament reconvenes on Tuesday after the summer recess next week. Billström, 50, a member of the Moderate party, made the announcement on X. Billström said he was leaving office with a mixture of regret and pride in what he had achieved. The decision had not been easy, but the move was something that he had thought about for some time, he said. Billström said he had informed Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson that he was leaving politics completely and would surrender his seat in parliament. He did not say what …

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