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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber

Switzerland should allow re-export of arms to Ukraine -Kyiv envoy

Iryna Venediktova, Ukraine's ambassador to Switzerland, speaks to Reuters about Kyiv's efforts to convince Swiss authorities to re-export weapons to Ukraine in Bern, Switzerland March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Cecile Mantovani

The Swiss foreign policy tradition of neutrality should not include blocking re-exports of Swiss weapons to Ukraine, the Ukrainian ambassador to Switzerland said on Monday, adding the weapons were urgently needed to win the war against Russia.

Switzerland's government said this month it would not change its long-standing policy of banning any country that buys Swiss arms from sending them to the party of a conflict.

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