Swedish FM: 'You can't expect us to agree on everything'

         Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Wednesday morning denied that "any fundamental changes" had been made to a European Union statement on the Middle East, which stopped short of recognizing east Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. "That has been the intention all the time," Bildt told Army Radio, adding that the original draft, which was proposed by Sweden, had always aimed to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of two states, contrary to recent reports. Sweden currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU. He decried Israeli criticism of the Swedish government, and added, "I understand [Israel] hasn't been entirely happy with [US] President [Barack] Obama either. You can't expect us to agree on everything. We have to have an independent line, and we do have that. I have no problem being pro-Palestinian; I have no problem being pro-Israeli. I am pro-peace." Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was less positive in his attitude to the Swedes and their initiative, insinuating that Bildt's diplomacy was merely a cry for attention. "I think there was an attempt not to pass a resolution but to snatch a resolution by the Swedish foreign minister," Lieberman told Israel Radio on Wednesday morning, elaborating that as Sweden is ending its term as president of the European Union "with no achievements and without making significant changes," Bildt "tried to steal the show and snatch the resolution. But it didn't work." (13,18)