SWITZERLAND TO OPEN DIPLOMATIC OUTPOST IN YEREVAN SOON

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.06.2008 14:17 GMT+04:00

Switzerland attaches importance to technical and economic cooperation
with Armenia, Micheline Calmy-Rey, head of the Swiss Federal
Department of Foreign Affairs said at a joint news conference with
Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian.

Switzerland has always cooperated with Armenia in various fields,
according to her.

"We plan to open a diplomatic outpost in Yerevan soon. Our
country will be represented by a career diplomat, since we believe
the Swiss-Armenian relations to be important," she said.

For his part, Minister Nalbandian said that Switzerland has rendered
assistance to Armenia in various fields, since the republic proclaimed
independence