The embassy itself is located in Nacka, but all matters such as visas, passports, etc. are handled via the consulate in Lidingö.
Visitors come from all over Sweden but also Finland.
The premises do not fit, visitors wait for hours outside and there has been littering and trouble, according to the municipal board chairman Daniel Källenfors (M).
- We have had several conversations with property owners, the embassy, the police, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and have tried to handle this in different ways.
We have received very little response.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that it is a local issue that does not concern them, the embassy and the property owner have not acted either, so we chose to discuss the issue publicly.
On Tuesday, Källenfors wrote on Facebook that the municipality had had enough and that he had invited the ambassador for a conversation, but only the next day did the Afghan embassy announce that the consulate would soon move.
"Positive surprise"
SVT has tried to reach the consulate and the embassy by phone and email without results, but on Facebook they write (translated by Google translate):
“The embassy has always tried and sincerely urged the esteemed clients to follow the order, discipline and purity of the area and not to cause harassment against the locals. "Because the embassy of the embassy is located in a residential area and does not have the capacity to receive an increasing number of customers, to facilitate and solve the problems for our dear compatriots and according to the proposal from this embassy and the Islamic Republic's Foreign Ministry Stockholm consulate will soon move to a larger location."
- This is a very positive surprise for us.
It shows that when they understood that the people of Lidingö were very disturbed by this, they chose to take it seriously, says Källenfors.
The meeting with the ambassador will still take place later this winter.