Pakistani officials notified Swiss diplomats stationed in the country about the abduction as soon as the incident occurred.

'It's a case of still waters running deep,' a Swiss diplomat explains.

A Swiss diplomat in Lagos declined to say whether his nationals were also able to return home.

With his neatly groomed mane and beard, he looks like a Swiss diplomat.

Georgian officials said Swiss diplomats were used to contact Russia about the border situation.

Early last month, a senior Swiss diplomat sent a confidential cable addressed to only his closest aides.

Increasingly, Swiss diplomats, commentators and the general public bristle at what they see as a double standard.

And Swiss diplomats said there was nothing illegal about the contract he signed.

These offices, sections of the respective embassies, were staffed by Swiss and Czechoslovak diplomats.

Unfortunately, the administration's response was to complain that the Swiss diplomats who passed the document from Tehran to Washington were out of line.