Arafat meets with Swedish prime minister

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Sunday met with Swedish Prime Minister Goran Personne in Ramullah, West Bank.

Arafat briefed his Swedish guest with latest developments of Israeli- Palestinian negotiations and obstacles facing them as well as bilateral relations.

In a press conference following his meeting with Personne, Arafat said he had asked the Swedish government to re-launch the Israeli- Palestinian negotiations over issues of the final status in the Swedish capital Stockholm, once again to be away from the mass media. The Israeli radio reported.