Washington, DC (GenevaLunch) – Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met in Washington, DC Friday 31 July for their second working visit since March 2009 when the two met in Geneva, Switzerland. The two had little to say to the press following the meeting, followed with more than usual interest because of the announcement earlier in the day that the two governments had reached an Agreement in Principle for an out of court settlement in the UBS bank court case.
According to the Swiss foreign affairs office, the talks covered mainly “the situations in the southern Caucasus, the Near East and the Middle East. Secretary of State Clinton took the opportunity to thank Switzerland for representing the USA in countries such as Iran as well as for Switzerland’s commitment to many internationally important issues, in particular in its role as a mediator.”
UBS case mentioned, not discussed
The Agreement in Principle in the UBS case was mentioned, but was not discussed, with the two saying that teams from the two governments will be working out details of the agreement in the coming week.
Transcript of the post-meeting press briefing in Washington
Video from the US State Department
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News story, GenevaLunch, 1 August 2009.
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