State Secretary Martina Hirayama travels to Florida for rocket start
Space travel
Musk spaceship on the way to space: Why a Swiss State Secretary was feverish at the start of rocket
On Easter Monday, a rocket towards ISS started in Florida. The Swiss State Secretary Martina Hirayama was there. Is there a diplomatic mission behind it?
From the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the rocket took course on Easter Monday.
And the Swiss representative should have another mission, as the “Sonntagszeitung” writes. Because the watch also ticks for Switzerland – whether it is in space or on the ground. The Swiss government is currently trying to come into contact with representatives of the US government on all channels and ways. The background is the customs dispute. US President Trump has initially postponed the drastic tariffs that would also hit Switzerland hard by 90 days. But waiting is simply not an option for Switzerland.
On Wednesday, Federal President Karin Keller-Sutter and Minister of Economics Guy Parmelin will travel to Washington. The occasion is the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund. A meeting of Keller-Sutter with US finance minister Scott Bessent is planned on their edge.
According to the “Sonntagszeitung”, Hirayama in Florida is supposed to try to meet a meeting with his colleague, the Minister of Education Linda McMahon, for her boss Parmelin. The goal is supposed to be to promote and show how important Swiss investments are in the United States for the Swiss System of Care. The WBF does not concrete this on request. « Various conversations are emerging, » the department only says. You will be informed in due course.
Unlike rocket starts, diplomacy takes place, if it is to ignite, to exclude the public.
