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Moscow refuses that Ukraine be represented in Russia by Switzerland

2022-08-11T13:08:40.390Z


Russia announced on Thursday August 11 that it had refused to allow Switzerland to represent kyiv diplomatically on Russian territory, considering that Bern had "lost...


Russia announced on Thursday August 11 that it had refused to allow Switzerland to represent Kiev diplomatically on Russian territory, considering that Bern had "

lost its neutral status

" by sanctioning Moscow for its military offensive against Ukraine.

On Wednesday, the Swiss Foreign Ministry announced that Ukraine wanted Switzerland to represent its interests in Russia.

Unfortunately, Switzerland has lost its status as a neutral state and cannot act either as a mediator or as a representative of

Ukrainian interests,” a spokesman for Russian diplomacy, Ivan Nechayev, told reporters on Thursday.

He confirmed that Switzerland had requested Moscow's approval to represent Ukrainian interests there.

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But he denounced the support given by Bern to kyiv and the Swiss sanctions put in place against Russia because of the Russian offensive in Ukraine.

It is completely incomprehensible to offer mediation, representation or other goodwill services when one behaves in this way

,” added Ivan Nechayev.

When two States completely or partially sever their relations, Switzerland, which takes advantage of its neutrality, is accustomed to assuming part of their diplomatic or consular tasks.

The protecting power allows the States concerned to maintain a minimum of relations and can also make it possible to ensure the consular protection of the nationals of the first in the territory of the second and of the second in the territory of the first.

It was in the 19th century that Switzerland first assumed the role of protective power by representing the interests of the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Grand Duchy of Baden in France during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871.

Switzerland's activity as a protective power reached its peak during the Second World War, when it represented the interests of 35 states.

The Alpine country currently exercises less than ten mandates.

Switzerland has represented Russian interests in Georgia and Georgian interests in Russia since 2009. It has also represented Iranian interests in Egypt since 1979 and those of Iran in Canada since June 2019.

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Source: lefigaro

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