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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By John Revill

Analysis-Swiss neutrality on the line as arms-for-Ukraine debate heats up

FILE PHOTO: Armoured vehicles of the Swiss Army take part in the military exercise "Pilum" on the A1 motorway near Othmarsingen, Switzerland November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo

Switzerland is close to breaking with centuries of tradition as a neutral state, as a pro-Ukraine shift in the public and political mood puts pressure on the government to end a ban on exports of Swiss weapons to war zones.

Buyers of Swiss arms are legally prevented from re-exporting them, a restriction that some representing the country's large weapons industry say is now hurting trade.

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