The President of the Confederation, Didier Burkhalter, visited Ypres with three school classes, winners of the competition he launched on the topic of the First World War. He also took part in a memorial event for the war victims.
President Didier Burkhalter commemorates the victims of the First World War
Friday, 14.11.2014 – Friday, 14.11.2014
Cultural event; Travel; Public event
Location: Ypres
Friday, 14.11.2014 – Friday, 14.11.2014
Official visit
The President of the Swiss Confederation, Didier Burkhalter travelled to Belgium where he met the King of the Belgians, Philippe, the Belgian prime minister, Charles Michel, and the foreign minister, Didier Reynders, in Brussels.
Location: Brussels
President Burkhalter travelled to Belgium where he was received in Brussels by the King of the Belgians, Philippe, and later hold political talks with the Belgian prime minister, Charles Michel, and foreign minister, Didier Reynders.
Issues discussed at these meetings included the situation in Ukraine and the measures taken by the OSCE to de-escalate the conflict, as well as the OSCE Ministerial Council at the beginning of the December 2014 in Basel, Swiss policy on the EU, and Swiss-Belgian bilateral relations, in particular in the scientific field.
Press release, 14 November 2014
Press release, 11 November 2014
Relations between Switzerland and Belgium
Dossier on the OSCE
