Switzerland’s bilateral meetings with the USA and Russia

In Geneva a delegation led by Guy Parmelin, President of the Swiss Confederation, will see Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Vladimir Putin between Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16

On Wednesday, June 16, 2021, the high-level meeting between U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place in Geneva at the Villa La Grange.
As part of this summit, Switzerland will meet with both the United States and Russia. These meetings will focus on bilateral issues.
The meeting with the United States will take place on Tuesday, June 15. The U.S. delegation, which will be led by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will also include Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
The Swiss delegation, led by President Guy Parmelin, will include Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis, head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), and Secretaries of State Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch (SECO) and Livia Leu (FDFA).

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At the center of the talks with the United States will be the lasting strengthening of economic relations and close cooperation in the field of education and research. Switzerland’s good offices will also be discussed.
The United States and Switzerland have historically had close relations, with approximately one million US citizens of Swiss origin.
At the same time, the relationship is dynamic and the emphasis is on education, research and innovation. The USA is Switzerland’s second most important trading partner after the European Union.
For its part, Switzerland is the sixth most important foreign direct investor and ranks in the top three for investment in research and development in the USA.
Another important element in the relationship between the two countries is Switzerland’s mandate as a protective power for the USA.
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Bilateral talks with Russia will take place on Wednesday, June 16. The Russian delegation, headed by President Vladimir Putin, will also include Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. The Swiss delegation will be identical to that for the meeting with the United States.
Russia, like the United States, belongs to the priority countries for Swiss foreign policy. Bilateral relations are good and intense in many areas.
The declared objective of the Foreign Policy Strategy is to maintain a critical and constructive dialogue with Russia in order to further strengthen relations.
Of particular importance are contacts through Switzerland’s protective power mandate for Russia and Georgia.
Great potential also exists with regard to economic exchanges.
Security issues in Europe and the desire to strengthen the multilateral level (Council of Europe and OSCE) will also be addressed during the talks.

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Great media interest and enormous trust in Bern

The fact that the summit between the United States and Russia is being held in Geneva is a clear demonstration of the trust that these two countries place in Switzerland, which has maintained good relations and an open and transparent dialogue with both countries for years.
Switzerland is convinced that in order to find solutions to inter-state and global challenges, it is useful and necessary for the major powers to maintain a constructive dialogue. For this reason, Switzerland is making its good offices available to the two countries.
The interest in this summit is great, more than 1000 media representatives are expected in Geneva. The Confederation and the cantons are taking important security measures.
The Federal Office of Police (fedpol) has already prepared detailed risk assessments.
On this basis, security measures will be defined and implemented under the direction of the Geneva cantonal police and in coordination with fedpol, the security officers of the foreign delegations and with the support of police officers from other cantons and the army.

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Several measures have also been taken to ensure the security of the airspace during the summit.
In particular, the surveillance of the airspace by the air force will be intensified and there will be restrictions on civil air traffic.
In addition to the security measures taken by the cantonal authorities, the army will also provide equipment and up to 1,000 soldiers in support service.
These measures, which were approved by the Federal Council at its meeting on 11 June 2021, are intended to support and relieve the local authorities.

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