The Swiss government is continuing its efforts to solve the problems besetting bilateral relations with Libya, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
The two countries consider that it is necessary to continue the discussions at the bilateral level and through diplomatic channels, the ministry said in a statement.
But at the moment it is not possible to say when the bilateral discussions will lead to a resolution of the outstanding issues, it said.
Conflict between the two countries stemmed from the July 15 detention of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Hannibal at a hotel in Geneva.
Hannibal Gaddafi, along with his heavily pregnant wife, was arrested on assault-related charges against domestic employees and held in custody for two nights before being released and left Switzerland.
Libya subsequently took a number of retaliatory measures against Switzerland, including cutting oil supplies, reducing the number of flights between the two countries and detaining two Swiss businessmen.
The oil-producing North African country has also demanded an apology for the arrest.
According to the Swiss Foreign Ministry, the two countries are continuing diplomatic discussions at the technical and procedural levels.
But it is not possible to state how much time it will take to resolve the outstanding issues, it said.
The two Swiss citizens facing charges in Libya still have not been given permission to leave Libya.
In the statement on Friday, the foreign ministry again advised Swiss nationals against visiting Libya for tourism or for other non-urgent purposes "as long as the situation is not clarified."
Source: Xinhua
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