{"id":28587,"date":"2023-05-09T17:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/?p=28587"},"modified":"2023-05-09T14:44:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T14:44:33","slug":"switzerland-and-seychelles-to-work-together-on-climate-change-and-drug-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/switzerland-and-seychelles-to-work-together-on-climate-change-and-drug-addiction","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland and Seychelles to work together on climate change and drug addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Seychelles. <\/strong><\/span><b>Switzerland is proposing to share its experience in drug addiction programmes with Seychelles while also looking for ways to work on the effects of climate change, the Swiss ambassador said on Tuesday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The new Ambassador of Switzerland to Seychelles, Rolf Stalder, made the statement after presenting his credentials to President Wavel Ramkalawan at State House.<\/p>\n<p>Among other topics discussed were further collaborations in the field of education \u2013 whereby Seychellois professionals may go to Switzerland for further training or on-the-job training.<\/p>\n<p>Seychelles and Switzerland established diplomatic relations in 1981 and the two countries continue to cooperate in areas such as tourism and education.<\/p>\n<p>While the two countries have excellent relations, Stalder said \u201cthere is always something to improve,\u201d adding \u201cthat since we both have an important tourism sector, I think there can be some cooperation to improve and exchange\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Stalder also explained that they discussed climate change and \u201chow we can cooperate as smaller countries in the international systems to really fight against climate change\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The discussions at the State House on Tuesday morning also included the measures that must be taken to fight climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Switzerland is currently one of Seychelles&#8217; top tourism markets. 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