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Visit by Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen
16 February 2017
For his first trip abroad as head of state, Alexander Van der Bellen comes to Berne. The President of the Confederation, Doris Leuthard, receives him together with Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Foreign Minister.
Alain Berset, Vice-President of the Federal Council, joins the delegations for lunch. On the agenda: relations between Switzerland and the EU after Brexit, migration, the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship.
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