Switzerland, NATO sign agreement on opening NATO’s liaison office in Geneva

YEREVAN, JULY 15, ARMENPRESS.  NATO will open an office in Geneva to strengthen ties with Geneva-based international organizations, according an agreement signed by the sides.

"NATO is opening a multilateral liaison office in Geneva to engage with the international and non-governmental organizations based there. In Bern today, the director general of the Directorate of International Law at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), Franz Perrez, and John Swords, the legal adviser and director of the NATO Office of Legal Affairs, signed an agreement governing the office's legal status," the Swiss government said in a press statement.

"After New York and Vienna, NATO is now seeking to strengthen its ties with international organizations in Geneva too. To this end, it announced in summer 2023 its intention to open a liaison office in Geneva," it said.