The United States and Switzerland Sign Joint Statement to Strengthen Collaboration on Quantum

On October 19, 2022, the United States and Switzerland signed a Joint Statement on Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technology (QIST) at the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, DC. The statement builds upon the nations- shared democratic values and the strong bottom-up collaborations that exist between QIST researchers from the two countries. U.S.-Switzerland diplomatic relations began in 1853 following the formation of a unified Swiss state. Since then, various agreements have strengthened U.S.-Swiss relations, including a 2009 Science and Technology Agreement. Recently, heads of quantum strategy from the two nations came together for a twelve-nation roundtable on pursing quantum information together. Monica P. Medina, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, signed the joint statement for the United States. -With this signing and declaration, the United States and Switzerland are recommitting ourselves to the promise of quantum information science, where international collaboration is key for progress,- said Medina.