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11 March, 2026 / 17:28

/ 23 February, 2026

Deputy Prime Minister to pay working visits to Switzerland and Austria

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mihai Popșoi will pay a working visit to Geneva and Bern, Switzerland, on 24–25 February.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Bern Popșoi will hold a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation, Ignazio Cassis, and in Geneva he will take part in the high-level segment of the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council, where he will deliver a speech.

The visit's agenda also includes participation in high-level side events dedicated to strengthening accountability mechanisms for violations committed in the context of the Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine, as well as to promoting social rights and consolidating democratic stability. At the same time, Mihai Popșoi will have meetings with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Liechtenstein, Sabine Monauni, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, and the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union, Doreen Bogdan-Martin.

On 26 and 27 February, Popșoi will be in Vienna, where he will meet with the Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria, Beate Meinl-Reisinger, and will participate in the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, where he will present the priorities of the Republic of Moldova’s mandate at the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

The foreign minister will also travel to the federal state of Carinthia, where he will meet with Governor Peter Kaiser, the President of the Regional Parliament, Andreas Scherwitzl, as well as with the leadership of the Chamber of Commerce. Mihai Popșoi will visit the municipality of Neuhaus, a town twinned with the commune of Trușeni and host of the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Moldova.

During the visit to Austria, the foreign minister from Chișinău will meet with Moldovan citizens residing in the federal states.

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