New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI): In a joyous celebration of the enduring friendship between the 2 nations, Switzerland Ambassador Ralf Heckner stated, “Switzerland is the one nation that’s celebrating 75 years of friendship with India”.
The event, marked by a novel Swiss Artwork Night time, emphasised the deep-seated values of peace, unity, and creative collaboration which have characterised this exceptional partnership.
Addressing the occasion, Ambassador Heckner emphasised that seventy-five years in the past, India selected Switzerland as its first good friend and associate, signing a friendship treaty that envisioned perpetual peace and unalterable friendship between the 2 nations.
“Immediately we’re celebrating 75 years of friendship between Switzerland and India. 75 years in the past, India selected Switzerland as the primary nation to signal a friendship treaty with and in that friendship treaty, it was written that the 2 nations needs to be collectively in perpetual peace and unalterable friendship. Very clever phrases of foresight. The world is certainly in nice want of extra perpetual peace and unalterable friendship,” stated Heckner.
“We are literally not solely celebrating 75 years of diplomatic relations, Switzerland is the one nation that’s celebrating 75 years of friendship with India as a result of India had chosen Switzerland after independence as the primary nation to signal a friendship treaty with,” he instructed ANI.
He additionally stated that in a world marked by turmoil and conflicts, it was poignant that the Swiss embassy celebrated peace and friendship.
“So in a time of conflict…the Swiss embassy, is celebrating peace and friendship. That is what it’s all about immediately. We’re additionally celebrating the collaboration between Swiss and Indian folks,” he added.
The ambition has all the time been to foster a spirit of cooperation and co-creation between the 2 nations, he stated.
“It’s all the time the ambition of this embassy and of the entire Swiss community in India to see the Swiss and the Indian folks work collectively, to co-create collectively. I want you all a beautiful night in friendship and peace,” the Swiss envoy stated.
The Swiss Artwork Night time was a becoming testomony to this extraordinary partnership. Titled “Switzerland and India in Bloom,” the occasion symbolised the blossoming of their 75-year-long friendship.
The theme of blooming flowers captured the essence of their relationship, with a mesmerizing flower present that includes the works of Swiss and Indian floral artists, he added.
The Swiss Ambassador additionally underscored the message of peace and friendship that the occasion sought to convey.
“The message that we wish to ship out immediately is a message of peace and friendship. As a result of these had been the targets of the bilateral treaty. And over the past 75 years, Switzerland and India have been having fun with peace and friendship collectively,” he instructed ANI.
India and Switzerland have had cordial and pleasant relations since India’s Independence, primarily based on shared values of democracy and the rule of regulation, in line with the Ministry of Exterior Affairs. (ANI)
