Former Swedish PM to attend Meri's funeral

  • 2006-03-15
  • TBT Staff
Former Swedish prime minister Carl Bildt and former deputy prime minister and foreign minister Lena Hjelm-Wallen will attend the funeral for Lennart Meri, Estonia's president from 1993-2001, on March 26.
Thirty-five other foreign dignatories have already said they will attend the funeral, among them, Finnish President Tarja Halonen, Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus and Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson.