The Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office will visit Georgia

The Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ignazio Cassis, will visit Armenia and Georgia, the Swiss government reports.

According to the same information, the main topics of discussion at the meetings planned within the framework of the visit will be the situation in the South Caucasus, the role of the OSCE, and bilateral relations.

In the press release circulated by the Swiss government it is noted that Ignazio Cassis will visit Yerevan on 15 October and Tbilisi on 16 October.

“On 16 October Mr. Cassis will meet Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili in order to discuss the consequences of the 2008 conflict in Georgia. In this context Switzerland also fulfils the mandate of a protecting power. The OSCE, together with the UN and the European Union, co-chairs the Geneva International Discussions, the aim of which is to promote dialogue around security and humanitarian issues in the region,” the information notes.

The Swiss government explains that these two visits constitute the second part of Ignazio Cassis’s programme of regional visits; the first part of the programme was carried out on 3–5 August in Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.