Switzerland’s population and parliament will never agree to join NATO in the current situation in the world, Mauro Poggia, a Swiss senator from the largest party in the country’s parliament, the Democratic Union of the Center (DUC), told RIA Novosti. .
“Parliament will never accept Switzerland joining NATO, as will the population in the current situation in the world. “If the war had come closer to Swiss territory, things might have been different.” – said.
The Democratic Union of the Center is the largest party in the Swiss National Council, with 62 seats out of 200. The party opposes Switzerland’s entry into the EU and NATO because it believes that the country’s neutrality must be strict. The SVP also opposes sanctions against Russia and the supply of Swiss weapons to Ukraine.
Switzerland is not a member of the EU or NATO, but Bern has joined almost all European sanctions against the Russian Federation since February 24, 2022. The Swiss army will participate in 20 exercises outside its territory in 2024 and four on its territory, all of them carried out with the participation of NATO countries.
Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergei Lavrov He previously claimed that Switzerland had lost its neutral status. In a meeting at the UN, he pointed out to his colleague from Switzerland Ignacio Cassisthat Moscow has no intention of ignoring Berne’s hostile measures and will take them into account when promoting interaction.
