“We should be playing the card of neutrality in order to initiate mediation for the sake of peace ... By adopting European Union sanctions against Russia, Switzerland has broken with its legendary neutrality,” TASS quoted her as saying.
According to the politician, in this regard, Bern will no longer be able to become an intermediary in the negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow.
Amodru said that given the current situation in Ukraine, Switzerland should not impose sanctions on any of the parties in order to offer its services.
“It is extremely important to be neutral in order to bring the parties to the negotiating table.
However, the Federal Council (government), unfortunately, chose the opposite path,” she stressed.
Earlier, Switzerland adopted the seventh package of sanctions against Russia, including an embargo on gold supplies.
The press secretary of the Swiss People's Party, Andrea Somer, called the adoption of anti-Russian sanctions a violation of the Swiss Constitution.
On August 10, the Swiss Foreign Ministry announced its readiness to represent the interests of Kyiv in Moscow.
Subsequently, Ivan Nechaev, deputy director of the information and press department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that Switzerland had lost its neutral status and could not represent the interests of Ukraine in Russia.