Artur Baghdasaryan and Ueli Maurer discussed issues related to the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

15 / 11 / 2013

Today, Secretary of the National Security Council Artur Baghdasaryan, who was on a working visit to the Swiss Confederation, met with President of the Swiss Confederation, the Chairman of the Security Commission Ueli Maurer.
During the meeting a wide range of issues related to the Armenian-Swiss bilateral relations, Armenia-EU cooperation, regional security, Armenian-Turkish relations, peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict were discussed. The parties also touched upon Switzerland’s priorities as the 2014 chairing country at the OSCE, the necessity of further deepening of relations with Armenia, as well as other issues of mutual interest.

The NSC Secretary also had meetings with Christian Catrina, Head of Security Policy at the General Secretariat of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport; and State Secretary Yves Rossier of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Issues related to the preservation of regional security and peace, its policy and the implementation of the mechanisms for dialogue on the security issues were discussed at the meeting.
During the meetings, an agreement was reached to continue the dialogue in the domains of security, defense and foreign policy.