In March 22, 2021, the President of the Republic of Burundi His Excellency Evariste Ndayishimiye received in audience Mr. Valentin Zellweger, the new Switzerland Ambassador in Burundi, came to present his credentials.

President Ndayishimiye congratulated Ambassador Zellweger for the trust his country has placed in him, a country which has geographical similarities with Burundi and which earned him to be often referred to as “Switzerland of Africa”.

The Head of State His Excellency Evariste Ndayishimiye also welcomed the good relations of friendship existing between Burundi and the Switzerland a country which, in Burundi’s painful past, was part of the solution and not to conflict. “

Ambassador Valentin Zellweger, for his part, pledged to continue “cooperation between our two countries, which have always been marked by trust and mutual respect.”

The new Ambassador of Switzerland welcomed the indications of openness of the Burundian President and indicated that Switzerland calls for a strengthening of bilateral relations.