Ex-minister urges Swiss government to reject Trump's Board of Peace

Former Swiss foreign minister Micheline Calmy-Rey calls on the government to reject the invitation to join US President Trump's Board of Peace and criticises the Swiss government's behavior at the World Economic Forum. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In front of the world's media, US President Donald Trump mocked Switzerland in his speech at the WEF and insulted Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter. At the subsequent meeting between Trump and a three-member delegation from the federal government, the provocation was not discussed, and President Guy Parmelin did not address the issue. The insults by the US president are not the problem, said former Swiss minister Micheline Calmy-Rey on Swiss public television SRF. It was the right decision for the government to swallow them. "What have they swallowed except words that don't count?" said the former foreign minister. "The government must defend our interests, and you don't do that by provoking the most ...