On 11 August, 2025, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Council of States — Switzerland’s upper parliamentary chamber rejected draft resolution No. 24.321, titled 'Annexation of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Release of Azerbaijan’s Political Prisoners.'
The motion, initially submitted on 5 November, 2024, by several pro-Armenian members of the Geneva Cantonal Parliament, was voted down thanks to the efforts of Azerbaijan’s Embassy to the Swiss Confederation.
A separate proposal by the Committee’s vice-president Carlo Sommaruga, known for his anti-Azerbaijani stance, sought to focus on 'prisoners' and the 'protection of Armenian cultural heritage.'
This motion was also removed from the agenda after receiving 5 votes against, 4 in favor, and 3 abstentions.
In its press release, the Foreign Affairs Committee criticized the Geneva initiative for making unilateral demands solely on Azerbaijan, rejecting such a one-sided approach.
The decision highlights the failure of parliamentarians backed by radical Armenian groups to push their agenda through Swiss legislative bodies.
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At least 80 people have died after a U.S. strike sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, according to the country’s deputy foreign minister.
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Rising tensions in the Middle East are beginning to affect Kazakhstan’s economy and citizens, disrupting grain trade across the Caspian Sea and prompting the evacuation of hundreds of Kazakh nationals from several countries in the region.
Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has told Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that Ankara is ready to help reinforce the ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan, as clashes between the two neighbours continue for a sixth consecutive day.
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