EDWARD NALBANDIAN: SWITZERLAND ACCOMPLISHED ITS MISSION WITH CREDIT

news.am
Nov 11 2009
Armenia

RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Head of the Swiss Federal
Department of Foreign Affairs Micheline Anne-Marie Calmy-Rey discussed
Armenian-Swiss cooperation.

The press service of the RA Foreign Office told NEWS.am that the
sides stressed the recently registered unprecedented progress
in Armenian-Swiss relations, and mutual visits of two countries’
representatives, as well as the Swiss mediation in the Armenia-Turkey
normalization process, being evidence thereof. The development of
bilateral relations was marked by the appointment of Charles Aznavour
as Armenian Ambassador to Switzerland, as well as by the opening of
a Swiss legation in Armenia.

Minister Nalbandian thanked his Swiss counterpart for Switzerland’s
mediation in the Armenia-Turkey normalization process. According to
him, the mission required restraint and exactingness, patience and
caution, and Switzerland accomplished its mission with credit. The
sides also discussed the processes in the South Caucasus.

The minister signed an agreement regulating air communication between
Armenia and Switzerland, and an agreement abolishing visa requirements
for holders of diplomatic passports. Following the signing ceremony
the Ministers held a news conference.