President Ilham Aliyev signed a law adopted on 30 December last year by the parliament of the country on the establishment of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Switzerland. On January 13, he signed a decree on providing activities of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Bern, Switzerland.
There is an Embassy of Azerbaijan in Switzerland, but so far the diplomatic mission carried out two functions. Thus, there is a Permanent Mission operating at UN Office in Geneva and other international organizations, and there is an Embassy in Bern.
So far, they operated under the unified leadership (currently the Ambassador and Head of the Permanent Mission is H.E. Dr. Murad Najafbayli).
Now, the diplomatic mission will be divided, the Embassy and Permanent mission will operate independently.
In accordance with the Decree of the President, it was instructed to approve the structure and staffing of embassies in Switzerland.
