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The President of the Republic met with the Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation
31.01.2006


President Arnold Rüütel received Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation Josef Bucher who presented his Letters of Credence.President Arnold Rüütel today at Kadriorg received Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation Josef Bucher who presented his Letters of Credence.

''We highly appreciate the support of Switzerland, which we enjoyed at the time of Estonia's EU and NATO accession process, also your assistance in building up and developing Estonian Defence Forces. Switzerland has been a significant defence cooperation partner for Estonia. As a NATO member Estonia is interested that security related cooperation with Switzerland would continue also in the future,'' the President of the Republic said.

President Rüütel added that although Estonian-Swiss economic relations are progressively developing, they could already today be more active, and expressed hope that the EU membership of Estonia would encourage Swiss entrepreneurs to invest more in Estonia.

In the words of Swiss Ambassador the visible prosperity achieved in Estonia is not only a success story for the people of Estonia alone, it is a symbol, and an encouragement for other small countries to take control of their fate and make the best out of it.


Public Relations Department of the Office of the President
Kadriorg, January 31, 2006


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