No new projects in view of Dick Marty's report
11. April 2012. | 08:26
Source: Tanjug
The international community will probably not launch new projects regarding the report by Council of Europe Special Rapporteur Dick Marty on illegal human organ trafficking in Kosovo, President of the National Council of Switzerland Hansjorg Walter stated in Belgrade on Monday.
The international community will probably not launch new projects regarding the report by Council of Europe Special Rapporteur Dick Marty on illegal human organ trafficking in Kosovo, President of the National Council of Switzerland Hansjorg Walter stated in Belgrade on Monday.
Walter issued the statement at a joint press conference with Serbian Parliament Speaker Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic.
The Swiss official kicked off his three-day visit to Serbia by a meeting with the Serbian parliament speaker.
Switzerland believes that every country should make a contribution to the search for the truth, without any further interference and particularly without political connotations of this issue, Djukic-Dejanovic said.
The two officials expressed hope that the economic cooperation will be intensified in the coming period, and agreed that the MPs should encourage governments to do so.
It is in the interest of the Swiss government to work on intensifying of cooperation, primarily the economic one, but also in all other fields in order to realize the two countries' mutual potentials, Walter said.
Djukic-Dejanovic expressed belief that the political relations between the two countries will follow in teh footsteps of strengthening of the economic and parliamentary relations.
Walter underlined that Swiss companies voiced their highly positive impressions about political climate, investment conditions, and workers in Serbia.
Swiss people are delighted by Serbia's progress, and Switzerland, as a neutral country, highly values political stability and sees it as a basis for political development, Walter said.
Switzerland, as a country with a lengthy democratic history, wants the citizens of Serbia to make the right decision and stay opted for democracy as their form of government, the Swiss official said.
Djukic-Dejanovic stated that Monday's topics included the issue of bogus asylum seekers, adding that Serbia has recoded an increase in asylum seekers as well.
The problem of bogus asylum seekers cannot be related just to one country, as this issue knows no borders, and has to be addressed in such a manner, she underlined.
The Swiss delegation continued the visit to the Serbian parliament by a meeting with members of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
The president of the National Council of Switzerland will confer Tuesday with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior MInisetr Ivica Dacic.
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