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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent

Stockholm rejects ‘bizarre’ US letter urging city to scrap diversity initiatives

City of Stockholm
‘Diversity, equality and inclusion are values that we strive for and stand up for in Stockholm,’ says Jan Valeskog. Photograph: Michael Brooks/Alamy

A city official in Stockholm has said the municipality has no plans to comply after one of its offices received a letter seeking to impose Donald Trump’s rollback of diversity measures, in what is believed to be the first such missive sent to a foreign government.

“It’s so bizarre,” said Jan Valeskog, Stockholm’s vice-mayor for planning. “It’s our political priorities that count, not the ones from this embassy or any other embassies.”

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