ZURICH ¨C 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.
Calls from Switzerland¡¯s European neighbors 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.
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