It promotes the Swiss economy & fosters collaboration in the areas of science, technology & education. The Swiss Embassy in Riyadh is the official representation of Switzerland in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Swiss Embassy covers all matters concerning diplomatic relations between the two countries. It represents Swiss interests in the areas of political, economic, financial and legal affairs, as well as science, education and culture. The Official Facebook account of the Swiss Embassy in Saudi Arabia is meant to complement existing efforts in the implementation of the Communication Strategy for Saudi Arabia in order to reach wider audiences among the Saudi public in a cost and resource efficient manner. It also tends to promote the image of Switzerland and increase the visibility of the Embassy and its activities as well as the visibility of the bilateral relations between Switzerland and Saudi Arabia. Please note that this Facebook account does not deal with visa issues and it cannot reply to public inquiries. Residents of Saudi Arabia, who wish to travel to Switzerland, have to apply for their Schengen visa at the outsourced company VFS Global: https://www.vfsglobal.ch/switzerland/saudiarabia (Pls. use the link to download the visa application form, to book an appointment and to have all the related information). For the other visa issues that need to be addressed to the Embassy's visa section, please send your email to: [email protected] ; and for other inquiries, please get in touch with the Embassy through: [email protected] . CODE OF CONDUCT:
Thank you for your interest and for taking the time to visit our page. The Swiss Embassy in Saudi Arabia invites all users to join the dialogue and discussions and we are looking forward to your contributions. Users publishing a contribution or uploading content should ensure that they own or control the rights thereto. We reserve the right, in particular, to remove any submitted postings, including comments, photos, or videos, that:
• contain personal criticisms or attacks, or defamatory or disparaging comments of any kind;
• are of a racist, abusive, or misleading nature, or are demeaning of others;
• contain advertisements in the interest of the user or of third parties, including, in particular, election or voting-
• campaign material, or may be qualified as spam;
• are of a pornographic, sexist, offensive, obscene, threatening, violence-inciting -or discriminatory nature;
• are unlawful or infringe the rights of third parties(including intellectual property and personality rights);
• contain manifestly untrue allegations; or
• contain accurate statements of fact whose publication violates the rights of intimacy, privacy, or confidentiality of others.
