Guy Parmelin

The president of the Swiss Confederation will pay a working visit to China from Friday to Sunday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet with Guy Parmelin.

The visit comes as China and Switzerland are marking 10 years of the innovative strategic partnership.

A senior Chinese legislator has stressed the complementarity of strengths and mutual benefit in China-EU trade relations.

Thailand and Switzerland are accelerating economic cooperation through the implementation of a free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association and a proposed $120 million carbon credit initiative.

Prime Minister Arnouton met Swiss President Guy Parmelin in Bangkok on October 15, marking the first official visit by a Swiss president in Thailand in 22 years.

The discussions focused on expanding trade, attracting Swiss investment in advanced industries, and strengthening cooperation in technology, research, and vocational education.

Under their existing climate partnership, more than 2,000 electric buses have been introduced in Bangkok, generating carbon credits that Swiss-based Click Foundation is expected to purchase for approximately $120 million pending government approvals.

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In this episode, we talk about Swiss President Guy Parmelin's three-day visit to India, during which he held bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

We also talk about a police crackdown on alleged illicit liquor trade in Bihar, which led to two deaths.

But we begin today by talking about the toll that the drought in Maharashtra is taking on women.

So that is something that, uh, women activists are also hoping that will be looked into when the government announces its next relief measures.

[soft instrumental music] And next, we turn our attention to the growing bilateral ties between India and Switzerland.

Earlier this week, Swiss President Guy Parmelin was in India for a three-day visit, during which he held bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and met President Droupadi Murmu.

The visit came as India and the four-member European Free Trade Association marked one year of their trade and economic partnership agreement, which includes Switzerland.

India and Switzerland signed five agreements on ties.

There is a fascinating piece in the New Indian Express today about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Swiss President Guy Parmelin signing five pacts following talks in India.

These agreements cover trade, investment, defense, nuclear energy and infrastructure.

And this all coincides with a massive trade and economic partnership agreement or TEPA officially coming into force.

The movement, which began last week in the Paris region and rapidly spread nationwide, has seen pupils in their final year of lycée block access to buildings and clash with police.

Swiss President Guy Parmelin announced today that he will quit the government at the end of the year, in a sudden move after more than a decade of ministerial service.

Parmelin told a press conference in Bern that he had informed ministerial colleagues of his decision to step down on December 31.

Spain's parliament today votes on government housing decrees introduced after nationwide protests triggered by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman.

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it is Guy Parmelin, the, uh, Swiss president.

Mm.

Uh, but he, it, it's kind of strange having him on the board because obviously Switzerland has a, I think it's a seven-member head of, or, uh, government.

Mm

... where they can kind of pick and choose.

Um, so the Swiss government- Guy Parmelin-

Mm-hmm