SWITZERLAND TO INTENSIFY ECONOMIC COOPERATION WITH TURKEY
Vestnik Kavkaza
March 23 2012
Russia
Switzerland and Turkey want to intensify economic cooperation,
News.am reports.
Swiss Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann arrived in Ankara
accompanied by some 15 businessmen on March 22 to discuss Swiss
interests on the Turkish market. Schneider-Amman said after a meeting
with his Turkish counterpart Zafer Caglayan that the two states have
potential for cooperation.
Turkey and Switzerland had tensions over recognition of the Armenian
Genocide by Switzerland in 2003. Nonetheless, Switzerland was mediating
in the Turkish-Armenian conflict, resulting in the signing of two
protocols on normalization of relations in 2009.
The process was frozen in spring 2010. Armenia blamed Ankara for
unjust conditions for ratification. The Swiss minister confirmed
readiness for renewal of mediation, should the two states start talks.
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