Crown Prince and Swiss President Co-Chair Official Bilateral Talks
A formal meeting between Kuwait and Switzerland was held under their co-chairmanship to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues.
Translated by Qiyas from السياسة — Original source
- The discussions covered ways to enhance bilateral relations and expand cooperation frameworks in a manner that serves mutual interests.
- The participants reviewed regional and international developments and issues of common concern.
Official talks between the State of Kuwait and the friendly Swiss Confederation were held in the Swiss capital, Bern. His Highness the Crown Prince, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, chaired the Kuwaiti delegation, while the President of the Swiss Confederation, Guy Parmelin, chaired the Swiss delegation.
At the outset of the talks, His Highness the Crown Prince, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, conveyed the greetings of His Highness the Amir, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad, to President Guy Parmelin, President of the Swiss Confederation, along with best wishes for his good health and well-being, and for the Swiss Confederation and its friendly people, continued progress and prosperity.
The discussions reviewed the bilateral relations between the two countries and their friendly peoples, and ways to support and develop them across various fields, as well as to expand cooperation frameworks between the State of Kuwait and the friendly Swiss Confederation toward broader horizons that serve their mutual interests. They also discussed key issues of common concern and the latest developments on the regional and international scenes, exchanging views on these matters.
Attendees from the Kuwaiti side included Sheikh Jara Al-Jarrah, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Sheikh Dr. Meshal Jaber Al-Ahmad, Director General of the Direct Investment Promotion Authority; Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi; Ambassador Yousuf Abdul Samad, Kuwait’s Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation; Ambassador Najib Al-Badr, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for European Affairs; Ambassador Nasser Al-Hin, Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva; Major General Ahmed Al-Duaiji, Director of the Crown Prince’s Office; and Counselor Abdullah Al-Obeidi, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Minister’s Office.
On the Swiss side, attendees included Hans-Peter Burtscher, Member of the National Council and Chairman of the Swiss-Kuwaiti Parliamentary Friendship Group; Ambassador Andrea Rieber Saxer, Representative of the Federal Council for Trade Agreements and Head of the Department of Bilateral Economic Relations at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) under the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research; Didier Chassot, Deputy Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and Head of the Europe and Middle East Department at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs; Gabriel Lüscher, Head of the International Security Department at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs; Monika Schmutz-Kirguz, Head of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs; Simon Pido, Diplomatic Advisor to the President of the Swiss Confederation; Miriam Gurtner, Senior Advisor to the President of the Swiss Confederation at the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research; and Alois Basablan, Acting Head of the Bilateral Economic Relations Department for Africa and the Middle East at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) under the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research.
