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Swiss ambassador denies Biya was chased from Switzerland.
Swiss ambassador denies Biya was chased from Switzerland.
Petro Lazzeri, Swiss ambassador to Cameroon, has discounted allegations that President Paul Biya has been declared persona non grata in Switzerland following the shameful clashes between the Cameroonian leader’s body guards and anti-Biya protesters at the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva recently. He said Biya, like any other head of state, was welcome to his country which maintains very cordial bilateral and economic ties with Cameroon.
In an interview with CRTV last Friday, Lazzeri also elaborated on Switzerland’s mediation efforts in the Anglophone crisis.
Talking about the Swiss government’s role in quelling the demonstrations that disturbed the stay of President Biya and entourage in Switzerland, Lazzeri said:
“ We evaluate from a Swiss perspective that the priorities of the our authorizes were three: to preserve law and order in Geneva, to protect the Head of State and his delegation and to keep a good level of bilateral relations”.
Discounting allegations that Biya was chased from Geneva, the Swiss diplomat noted:
“ We have about 65 heads of state coming to Switzerland every year. We don’t chase heads of state. When we have disturbances of law and order, problems, we keep order. So we don’t chase presidents in Switzerland”.
Quizzed if it was safe for President Biya to travel to his country again, Lazzeri said it was not for him to decide:
“I am not in a position to decide where the head of state can travel or will travel or will not travel. I am not working for the Presidency of Cameroon, neither do I work for the Federal Council in Switzerland. It is not for me to decide”, he said.
On the state of bilateral relations between Cameroon and Switzerland, the Swiss diplomat said they were very good.
“”I think we have very deep, friendly intense relations. Of course you can always do more in life. We have several sectors where we have great achievements and we have other sectors, for example, economic relations where we can do even more”.
Speaking about the Anglophone crisis, Lazzeri said his country started with cooperation with the National Commission for the Promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism (NCPBM) and then aid to the affected population.
He then talked about the current facilitation role being played by Switzerland in bringing the warring parties to the negotiation table.
“And over the last month, we have been trying through what we call facilitation to create dialogue among the parties. It is not the only context where Switzerland is doing it. And we are trying to engage and we always engage because we have the acceptance of the parties, and we are doing it because we have certain expertise. We have been involved in the last year in about 20 countries in terms of mediation and facilitation and here as well. We’re referee. We’re not a player. We need the willingness of parties in order to build the dialogue”.