Thurgau The manufacturer of military vehicles will Mowag 31 wagons grenadiers defense Romanian army, engaged in Iraq alongside the United States.
The National Council of the Democratic Union of Centre Luzi Stamm, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs of the People, for example, believes that neutrality is too precious to risk in this way. Stamm hopes that the Board should deal with this case and decides to block the sale. Even the Congressman Mario Fehr of the Socialist Party has expressed its skepticism. In his view it is unacceptable that Swiss weapons end up in Iraq.
According to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, this provision does not contravene Swiss law on arms exports. "When contacted by swissinfo, SECO has indicated they do not see problems in the sale in question. Baldegger Rita, director of communications, said that" as a member state of NATO and the EU, Romania meets the conditions laid down in the law on the material war ". SECO has also stated that the Romanian Government has undertaken not to sell or rent such equipment to third countries.
armored These will be supplied to Romania, with which Switzerland maintains relations clear. Profile there is no legal impediment to this provision, "he told swissinfo Lars Knuchel, spokesman for the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. In his view, the question is the responsibility of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).
