article_snippet: The country's foreign minister, Margot Wallstrom, has recently come under scrutiny after criticizing human rights in Saudi Arabia.
article_snippet: In January, The country's foreign minister, Margot Wallstrom tweeted that the flogging of blogger Raif Badawi was "a cruel attempt to silence modern forms of expression," which needed to be stopped.
article_snippet: Saudi Arabia blocked Wallstrom from giving a speech to the Arab League in Cairo on March 9, in which The country's foreign minister, Margot Wallstrom planned to refer to human rights and the rights of women.
article_snippet: Sweden subsequently announced that Sweden would not renew Sweden memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia on military cooperation -- and in turn Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates withdrew Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates ambassadors to Sweden.
article_snippet: the United Arab Emirates said the United Arab Emirates had summoned Sweden's ambassador to protest "the abusive remarks by the Foreign Minister of Sweden, Margot Wallstrom, against Saudi Arabia.