Twitter Being Used For Global Diplomacy

Swedish Foreign Minister Uses Twitter To Contact Bahraini Counterpart -- The Telegraph

Foreign diplomacy is a generally a discreet business, often involving top level communications of the clandestine variety.

But when Sweden’s foreign minister was unable to contact his counterpart in Bahrain, he took full advantage of the digital age and resorted to Twitter to get the message across.

Carl Bildt used the social networking site to send a Tweet to Khalid Al Khalifa which could also be read by millions of fellow Twitter users.

The Tweet, sent at around 10.30pm GMT, from @carlbildt read: “@khalidalkhalifa Trying to get in touch with you on an issue.”

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My Comment: The social media revolution is hitting every part of our economy/politics/social & cultural networks/and now .... diplomatic.