Sweden postpones Turkey security meeting due to airplane trouble


  • World
  • Wednesday, 18 Sep 2024

Sweden's new foreign minister Maria Malmer Stenergard walks after the opening of the parliament (Riksdagen) in Stockholm, Sweden, September 10, 2024. Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency/via REUTERS/File Photo

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - An airplane carrying Sweden's foreign minister and justice minister has returned to Stockholm after suffering a technical problem while on the way to Turkey, and a key security meeting will thus be postponed, Swedish officials said on Wednesday.

The crew and passengers were not in any immediate danger, and a new date will be set for the meeting, Sweden's foreign ministry said.

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