Moscow: Switzerland cannot claim "neutrality" in the Ukraine war

According to the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, given that Switzerland has joined Western sanctions against Russia, it cannot claim neutrality in the Ukraine war. According to the TASS news agency on Saturday, Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry, responded to a question about the Swiss foreign minister's recent statements about the country's neutral role in the Ukraine crisis and Switzerland's willingness to organize peace talks: Switzerland has itself affiliated with the West's illegal and unilateral sanctions against Russia. In our opinion, this country is no longer a neutral country. In this way, Geneva cannot play the role of a mediator, which means providing a venue for negotiations to resolve the crisis in Ukraine, the spokeswoman added.

Earlier, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis announced that his country was ready at any time to organize a meeting aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the Ukraine issue between the relevant parties. talks would be held in Geneva on the situation in Ukraine. Without elaborating, Cassis said Geneva hosted the talks in an atmosphere of "extreme caution" at lower levels, he continued. Years later, Switzerland gave up its political neutrality and supported EU sanctions against Russia. The EU Parliament has so far sanctioned 1,300 Russian citizens and leaders, and Switzerland has frozen 7.5 billion Swiss francs in Russian assets.