Azerbaijan: Diplomatic Passport Holders to Visit Switzerland without Visas
Holders of diplomatic and official passports will be able to travel to Switzerland without visas.
The draft agreement on the simplification of visa regime between Azerbaijan and Switzerland for holders of diplomatic and official passports is fully coordinated and ready for signing.
According to 1news.az, the statement came from Azerbaijani ambassador in Bern Akram Zeynalli.
He noted that the experts of the two countries have done a great job that allowed coordinating the draft agreement.
According to A.Zeynalli, active cooperation between the two countries develops incrementally.
“This is proven by the signing of the contract on purchase of passenger cars from the Swiss company Stadler Rail Group by the Transport Ministry of Azerbaijan”, the ambassador said, recalling that the new carriages will be used on Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad.
Referring to the theme of the Azerbaijani Embassy’s contacts with diaspora organizations, the diplomat said that the number of Azerbaijanis in Switzerland is not so high.
“By my information, there is a little more than 1 thousand Azerbaijanis in Sweden with 200 of them students”, he said.
Source: news.az
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