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A Switzerland-Belarus friendship association has been set up in Switzerland, media learned from the Belarusian diplomatic mission in Switzerland.

The Belarusian Embassy in Bern hosted a constituent meeting of the Switzerland-Belarus friendship association. The aim of the public organization is to promote friendly relations between the two countries. The organization will focus on important projects in various fields, mainly in humanitarian and cultural areas contributing to the further rapprochement of the countries and peoples.

The constituent session, which was attended by Belarusian diplomats along with the Swiss initiators of the friendship society, approved the association's charter. Margret Kiener Nellen, the former co-chair and founder of the parliamentary group Switzerland-Belarus, was unanimously elected chairperson. The board includes all participants of the constituent meeting from the Swiss side representing various areas from Chernobyl initiatives to business and government.

The first general meeting of the Switzerland-Belarus friendship association will be held in Bern in mid-May 2020.