As the head of state, the king also receives foreign dignitaries on formal visits to Sweden.

作为国家的精神领袖，国王也会接待来瑞典进行正式访问的外国政要。

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The race to meet Barack Obama will be keenest among the leaders of the major European nations. Many claim he has already had his first meeting with a foreign head of state.

诸国首脑会见奥巴马的竞争在欧洲将会最为激烈。许多人声称奥巴马已经和某外国首脑完成了他的第一次会晤。

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Iraq's Central Criminal Court sentenced al-Zaidi to three years in March after he was found guilty of assaulting a foreign head of state on an official visit to Iraq.

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Richard Haass, former State Department official and head of the Council on Foreign Relations, may have put it best when he suggested that what we need here is a dial, not a switch.

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The foreign secretary formally approved Mr Kinnock's appointment as head of the state-funded cultural body - after he had been recommended by an independent panel.

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