Read also: Switzerland pivots to allow re-export of weapons to Ukraine.
The leader of the center-right FDP party, Thierry Burkart, has submitted a motion to the government to allow arms re-exports to countries with similar democratic values to Switzerland.
“We want to be neutral, but we are part of the western world,” said Burkart.
"We shouldn't have the veto to stop others helping Ukraine,” he told journalists.
Though some of them note that the situation around the ban on weapon exports negatively affects the Swiss arms industry.
On Feb. 5, Sotomo published a poll that showed 55% of respondents in Switzerland are in favor of allowing weapons to be re-exported to Ukraine.
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