Swiss ambassadors meet on relations with Arab states

Switzerland's ambassador in Amman said on Friday in statements to reporters that his country's regional ambassadors held a meeting in Amman, attended by heads of Swiss diplomatic missions in Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, the UAE, the Palestine Authority and Israel.

The ambassador said the participants in the meeting discussed a united Swiss viewpoint concerning current developments in the region and reviewed conditions relating to the deadlocked peace process and evaluation of the political situation as well as means of strengthening cooperation between Switzerland and the countries of the region and intensifying Switzerland's political and economic presence in the region.