Swiss Foreign Ministry spokesman Pierre-Alain Elchinger said the dialogue between Moscow and Bern was severely limited but not completely disrupted. in conversation with RIA News He explained this development of events as a special operation carried out by Russia in Ukraine.
“Due to the war of aggression against Ukraine, the bilateral dialogue between Switzerland and Russia has been severely limited, but not completely interrupted,” the country’s foreign ministry spokesman said.
He reminded that the foreign ministers of the countries had a meeting on the sidelines of the UN high-level week in New York.
Elchinger also emphasized that Switzerland is ready to provide services for negotiations to Ukraine and Russia if the parties are interested.
Before that, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis statedIt is stated that it is unlikely that Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s proposals to resolve the conflict will be implemented. In his opinion, Kiev’s “peace plan” is bad because it will not be supported by Russia.
“Unilateral peace plans have no chance of success” [добиваться их реализации] Using force. And we [западные страны] We do not want this conflict to escalate into an even bigger war,” Cassis said.
Previously Switzerland has been called Europe’s haven for Russian spies.