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Cassis cancels visit to Swiss university for security reasons

Cassis (right) cancels his visit to the University of Fribourg
Ignazio Cassis (right) with his Slovakian counterpart Juraj Blanár. Keystone-SDA

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis cancelled his planned visit to the University of Fribourg on Tuesday for a panel discussion with his Slovakian counterpart Juraj Blanár. The reason was a call for a demonstration by several collectives for Palestine.

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In order to ensure the safety of the participants, the foreign ministry was forced to cancel the entire event planned for Tuesday at 3pm.

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According to the foreign ministry, the conditions for the smooth running of the event, which was to be held under the motto “A polarised world: challenges and opportunities for the rule of law and democracy”, were not met.

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