Switzerland announces halt to weapons exports to US amid Iran war
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Move comes as Swiss government also closed its airspace to US military flights directly linked to the Iran war.
Switzerland has said it will not issue licences for companies to export weapons to the United States due to the ongoing war on Iran, citing the country’s longstanding principle of neutrality.
“The export of war materiel to countries involved in the international armed conflict with Iran cannot be authorised for the duration of the conflict,” the government said in a statement on Friday.
“Exports of war materiel to the USA cannot currently be authorised,” it added.
The announcement comes as the US-Israeli war on Iran nears the three-week mark, spurring a deepening humanitarian crisis across the wider Middle East and sending global energy prices soaring.
It also follows a decision by the Swiss government to close its airspace to US military flights directly linked to the Iran war.
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