STOCKHOLM -- Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldthas issued an apology to the Baltic states for his country's early recognition of the Soviet occupation, saying it was a "dark moment" in Swedish history.
"Sweden has a debt of honor to the people of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. We owe it to ourselves -- and we owe it to the Baltic peoples -- to remember the past, but also to build a common future," the prime minister said.
"For decades, Sweden did not acknowledge Baltic suffering," he said.
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