Claude Wild

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Claude Wild (born March 1, 1964, in Lausanne) is a Swiss diplomat.

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Life

Education

Claude Wild studied political science and international relations at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva where he completed a postgraduate degree. [1] [2]

Diplomatic career

He was appointed ambassador and head of the Human Security Department of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in 2010. [1] In 2015, Ambassador Wild became Switzerland's permanent representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the United Nations, and other international organizations in Vienna. [1]

Wild became ambassador to Kyiv in 2019 and was ambassador to Ukraine in the first months of the Russo-Ukrainian war. [3] In early March 2022, Wild and his staff had to be escorted out of the country by special forces due to the threatening security situation. [4] [5] He returned to his post in the Ukrainian capital in May 2022. [6] [7] [8] Wild was subsequently made responsible for the implementation of Swiss aid in Ukraine. He has repeatedly clarified that Switzerland's principle of neutrality in foreign policy (so-called Swiss neutrality) means, in the context of the war, that the country “does not join a military alliance, and does not send weapons to the conflict zone, even to support the victims”, yet “we stand clearly behind the Ukrainian position.” [9] He has warned against Switzerland adopting a stance of "neutrality fetishism" in the context of the war. [10] His posting as ambassador to Ukraine ended at the end of March 2023, and he was succeeded by Félix Baumann. [11]

In April 2023, Wild became the permanent representative of Switzerland to the Council of Europe. [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Nouveau chef de la DP IV du DFAE | IHEID". www.graduateinstitute.ch. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  3. ↑ "Ambassador Claude Wild: "It's not just another conflict where in parallel we can deal with business as usual"". destinations.ua (in Russian). 18 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  4. ↑ "Invasion de l'Ukraine – L'ambassadeur de Suisse à Kiev raconte sa fuite". 24 heures (in French). 4 March 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  5. ↑ Keystone-SDA/dos (3 March 2022). "Swiss Ambassador to Ukraine laments 'human stupidity' of war". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  6. ↑ "Forum des 100 | Edition 2022". www.forumdes100.ch (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  7. ↑ "Claude Wild, ambassadeur de Suisse en Ukraine: "A Kiev, l'alarme sonne trois à quatre fois par jour"". Claude Wild, ambassadeur de Suisse en Ukraine: «A Kiev, l’alarme sonne trois à quatre fois par jour» (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  8. ↑ Schumacher, Samuel (2023-02-20). ""Je n'oublierai jamais l'odeur des cadavres en décomposition"". Blick (in Swiss French). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  9. ↑ Keystone-SDA/dos (23 November 2022). "Ambassador: Switzerland has clear position in Ukraine". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  10. ↑ Keystone, Ats (27 March 2023). "Claude Wild met en garde contre le "fétichisme de la neutralité"" (in French). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  11. ↑ swissinfo.ch/mga (28 March 2023). "Beware 'neutrality fetishism' warns ex-Swiss ambassador to Kyiv". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  12. ↑ "New Swiss ambassadors". State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. Swiss Confederation.
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