According to the officials statistics around 1800 Egyptian living in Switzerland, but the unofficial estimate refers to 8000 Egyptian.

Since the voting pattern of the Swiss Confederation in the UN has been neutral, it goes along with the Egyptian one. The Swiss Foreign policy towards Arab matters is generally neutral and sticks to the International Law and Humanitarian Law, especially concerning the Palestinian Israeli conflict. The Cooperation between the two countries in the area of mutual support for candidature in the international organization is reaching a very good level.