Federal President Alain Berset (centre) held an informal meeting with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (left) on Tuesday.
One should not overestimate the fact that it was not a formal meeting, Berset told the Keystone-SDA news agency. Both sides knew that there was a common interest in a stable situation.
Whether there was a meeting with or without flags is secondary. There is progress in the exploratory talks that have taken place, Berset said. “Now we have to work.”
Both Berset and von der Leyen spoke to the world’s political and business elite at the WEF on Tuesday. However, as was the case last year when Ignazio Cassis was President, no formal talks were planned. However, Karin Keller-Sutter will meet EU Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni at the WEF.