The swiss government through its president Hans Rodolf Merz chose to honour iranian Ahmadinejad with a handshake and an official dinner the evening of his arrival before his shocking speech at the UN Durban review conference.

Furthermore, during Ahmadinejad's speech, the swiss ambassador to the UN chose to stay in the room instead of leaving the assemblee as did the european representatives present.

The very same evening, Laurent Moutinot, member of the Geneva government, was invited to speak at the Holocaust Rememberance ceremony, where he declared that Geneva would continue to invite belligerants and victims in order to allow a platform for them to discuss.

These events show that the swiss notion of neutrality behind which the swiss authorities hide is in fact a means to justify inacceptable behaviour, such as welcoming and thus condoning a notorious antisemite and Holocaust denier. 

NR