The flag of Switzerland. Archival photoMOSCOW, Sep 21 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, at a meeting with Swiss President Ignazio Cassis, called on Bern to return to the policy of a neutral state, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. The meeting took place «on the sidelines » The UN General Assembly in New York.
Switzerland suspended the visa facilitation agreement with RussiaSwitzerland used to perform important mediation services, Zakharova recalled, and this was necessary and useful for everyone. «Today, and it was just stated by Sergei Viktorovich, Switzerland has moved away from neutrality. It is not moving away, but has moved away … These are statements related to censure of only one side and finding shortcomings in the position of only one state. What kind of neutral status is this ?» — she said on the air of the Solovyov Live TV channel. «, and the other side is always «no», then this logic is strange and erroneous. Maybe in physics, «minus» to «plus» will give something there, but in this case, in diplomacy it does not work. This topic was discussed in great detail The Russian delegation appealed to Bern with a call to return to the policy of a neutral state, this was the hallmark of Switzerland in the international arena,» Zakharova said. >Imposition of sanctions against Russia does not violate neutrality, Switzerland said
