{"id":7549,"date":"2019-05-23T14:25:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T18:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7549"},"modified":"2019-05-25T10:27:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T14:27:05","slug":"taoiseach-holds-bilateral-talks-with-king-of-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7549","title":{"rendered":"Taoiseach Holds Bilateral Talks with King of Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.43051653.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.43051653.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.43051653-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Taoiseach Leo Varadkar held a meeting with the king of Sweden as part of his State visit to Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia are on a three-day official visit to Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The Taoiseach welcomed the king to Government Buildings where he signed the visitors\u2019 book in Mr Varadkar\u2019s office before they held a bilateral meeting.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting the king said he is \u201cvery much enjoying\u201d his visit to Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>A government spokesman said: \u201cThey discussed the good state of Irish-Swedish relations. The king said he was very impressed by Ireland\u2019s recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is looking forward to visiting some Swedish businesses and particularly seeing the Burren Smokehouse in the Burren.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the second day of their visit to Ireland, the Royal couple attended a Swedish Irish literature seminar at the National Library of Ireland and visited Eirgrid in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>The Queen also toured the Science Gallery before the Royal couple attended the National Museum of Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>This evening, they will host a dinner in honor of President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina at Trinity College Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, the couple will travel to Athlone, Galway and Clare on Friday on the final day of their trip before leaving from Shannon.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, the couple were welcomed by President Higgins and his wife Sabina at Aras an Uachtarain, before they toured Croke Park where the king was presented with a hurl.<\/p>\n<p>It is the king\u2019s second state visit to Ireland. His first visit was in April 1992.<\/p>\n<p>This visit is designed to highlight the historic and modern links between Ireland and Sweden and to further strengthen the bonds of friendship between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>The king and queen are accompanied by a delegation which includes Swedish foreign affairs minister Margot Wallstrom and energy and digital minister Anders Ygeman.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-7549\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7549&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-7549\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7549&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-7549\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7549&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7549\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taoiseach Leo Varadkar held a meeting with the king of Sweden as part of his State visit to Ireland. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia are on a three-day official visit to Ireland. 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