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RECORD OF TALKS BETWEEN THE PUS AND MR EDOUARD BRUNNER,
GENERAL OF THE SWISS FOREIGN MINISTRY, 24 SEPTEMBER 1985
Sir Antony Acland
Mr JR Rich, HM Ambassador
Berne
Mr DJ M Dain, WED
Mr S Cowper-Coles, PS/PUS
Mr T V Fean. WED
Mr Edouard Brunner
SECRETARY
M Francois-Charles Pictet,
Ambassador of Switzerland
Mr Willy Hold, Minister, Embassy
of Switzerland
Mr Loretan, Adviser to Mr Brunner
1. After a 15 minute tête à tête between the PUS and Mr Brunner,
delegations joined the meeting.
UK/Swiss Bilateral Relations
2. Mr Brunner took up the PUS's remarks about the prospects for
Land Rover sales to the Swiss Armed Forces and welcomed the news
that 30 Swiss Pilatus PC9 aircraft were to be included in the
Tornado deal with Saudi Arabia. As the PUS had said, this augured
well for further UK/Swiss collaborative ventures. The Swiss Defence
Minister, Mr Delamuraz, looked forward to visiting the UK in 1986. The problem with the Land Rover deal was partly caused by the Swiss Parliament. Mr Brunner's department and the Military department
both favoured BL's bid. Mr Rich mentioned that the new Swiss laws
on vehicle emissions were also posing problems for BL: the Swiss Government wanted prototype vehicles by mid-1986, but BL had difficulty in modifying the prototype to meet Swiss exhaust control legislation.
UK/Swiss Civil Aviation Negotiations
3. Mr
Brunner mentioned that the two Governments did not yet agree
on fare structures. Mr Rich said that there was an additional
problem of traffic rights to Hong Kong. were complex, would resume in November. agreement could be reached quickly.
The negotiations, which
Mr Brunner hoped that
Bilateral Trade
4. Mr Pictet said that if trade in gold and diamonds was excluded from the figures, UK/Swiss trade was virtually in balance. Mr Rich
confirmed that the UK market share had improved. Mr Pictet said
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