President of Switzerland on Russian aggression: "Brutal attack on international law"

Swiss President Alain Berset officially opened the 2023 World Economic Forum (WEF). In his speech, he condemned the Russian war against Ukraine as a "brutal attack" on international law and multilateralism, and said democracies were at a turning point.

Berset also noted that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was "an attack on a peaceful country" and stressed that Switzerland would make every effort to strengthen international law. 

"Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine is a brutal attack on a peaceful country. It is also a brutal attack on international law," he said. 

Switzerland explained why it joined the EU sanctions against Russia and stated that "neutrality should not mean indifference.”