"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. Calls from Switzerland's European neighbours to allow such transfers to Kyiv have meanwhile grown louder as Russia's assault intensifies, and parliament's two security committees recommended that the rules be eased accordingly," the report reads.
Russia’s invasion spurs debate on how Switzerland can help Ukraine with tanks – Bloomberg
Also, a survey by pollsters Sotomo published on Sunday showed that 55% of respondents in Switzerland favor allowing weapons re-exports to Ukraine. Last November, chief of the Swiss Department of Economic Affairs Guy Parmelin rejected a request from German Defense Ministry to send 12,400 Swiss-made 35-mm ammunition rounds to the Ukrainian army, claiming that such a delivery would be a legal violation of Swiss neutrality. Read also:"We shouldn't have the veto to stop others helping Ukraine. If we do that, we support Russia which is not a neutral position," said Thierry Burkart, leader of the center-right FDP party, who has submitted a motion to the government to allow arms re-exports to countries with similar democratic values to Switzerland.
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