Игорь Секрета и Штефан Эстерманн. Фото: МИД
On September 14, Swiss Ambassador to Belarus Stefan Ostermann presented copies of his credentials to Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Ihar Sakreta.
“The sides discussed the current state and prospects for stepping up cooperation between Belarus and Switzerland in the political, trade and economic and other areas in the context of the existing framework conditions, and also exchanged views on the situation in the region and the world”, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry reports.
Stefan Ostermann arrived in Belarus last week. He has worked at Switzerland’s Federal Department of Foreign Affairs since 1996. The diplomat has worked in Ukraine and Russia and served as ambassador to Croatia and Greece. He speaks German, French, English, Czech and Russian.