The draft resolution No. 24.321, entitled “Annexation of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Release of Azerbaijan’s Political Prisoners,” submitted on November 5, 2024, by several pro-Armenian members of the Geneva cantonal parliament, was rejected on August 11, 2025, by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Council of States, the upper chamber of the Swiss Parliament, as a result of efforts by the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Swiss Confederation, embassy told APA.
A new draft decision tabled by Carlo Sommaruga — the Committee’s vice-president known for his biased stance against Azerbaijan — which made reference only to “prisoners” and the “protection of Armenian cultural heritage,” was also removed from the agenda, with 5 votes against, 4 in favor, and 3 abstentions.
The press release of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the upper chamber of the Swiss Parliament stated that the well-known provocative initiative of the Geneva cantonal parliament was unilateral and placed demands solely on the Azerbaijani side, and expressed opposition to such an approach.
This decision of the Swiss Parliament once again demonstrated the failure of parliamentarians supported by radical Armenian groups.
