SWISS 2021
INTERVIEW
H.E. URS SCHMID, Ambassador of Switzerland to Serbia
LONGSTANDING AND EXCELLENT RELATIONS My primary goal is to further deepen this relationship. I will work towards increasing the number of high-level contacts, regularly conducting political consultations and supporting our bilateral cooperation programme, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year ~ Urs Schmid
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he new Ambassador of Switzerland to Serbia arrived in our country after having served a four-year term in Kazakhstan. Although the COVID-19 Pandemic limited the possibilities of him immediately familiarising himself with Serbia and
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the capital city, Ambassador Schmid nonetheless says that “Belgrade absolutely lives up to its reputation as the ‘Metropolis of the Balkans’”. In his first interview for CorD Magazine, Ambassador Schmid says that his wish, apart from improving political relations, is to
also to deepen economic relations, which would spark new Swiss investments in Serbia. He adds that he will continue the tradition of supporting culture through the new project “Culture for Democracy”, which will be orientated towards the alternative culture scene beyond Belgrade.
