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