Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson offered on Friday his support of Japan's troop dispatch to Iraq to help rebuild the country.
"I must say I have all reasons to give full support for the Japanese government and (its) contribution to establishing peace and to rebuild Iraq again," Persson said during an interview with Kyodo News in the Swedish capital ahead of his visit to Japan that starts Monday.
Sweden had criticized the U.S.- and British-led war against Iraq as a violation of international law. But Persson said the international community now needs to move on.