If the United States, Britain and France do not follow suit and intervene in Xinjiang affairs, Switzerland wants to take a "special road"

At the end of last month, France, Britain, the United States and other 43 countries issued a joint statement to hype the Xinjiang issue, but Switzerland and Israel, which followed suit and criticized China six months ago, did not participate this time. In response to the reasons for Switzerland's decision, cassis explained that Switzerland's purpose is to maintain balance and build a bridge for dialogue and communication.

"Switzerland pursues an independent foreign policy, which has been determined in its public strategy and is an act taken to maintain balance. On the one hand, we are having difficult discussions with China on human rights; on the other hand, China is our important partner on economic and other issues."

"We need to take a special path, so that we can hold a summit in Geneva, like Biden and Putin, or promote peace negotiations. If we always agree with other countries, we can't play the role of bridge builder," cassis said

After cassis responded to this question, the host asked, "now the tension between China and the United States is increasing. Can Switzerland really stick to its own special path?"

"Yes," cassis said, but he then said, "this does not mean that Switzerland is not concerned about the development of China". In the past, Switzerland also supported similar United Nations Joint statements on human rights in Xinjiang. "We will make decisions according to specific circumstances".

He added that if Switzerland wants to do more valuable things, it cannot always act like other countries. "Signing this joint statement may be well received at home, but it will not have much impact on foreign policy. Our purpose is still to resume human rights dialogue with China." cassis revealed that he may go to China to discuss human rights issues at the end of this month.