The Swiss parliament has approved the resale of 25 Leopard 2 tanks to the German firm Rheinmetall.
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives followed the Senate and gave its greenlight to the operation. Germany has undertaken not to send the tanks to Ukraine.
The army will hand over the 25 tanks to their German manufacturer Rheinmetall to decommission them. They could be resold to other European countries, said Andrea Gmür-Schönenberger of the Centre Party.
German Ambassador Michael Flügger welcomed the decision, saying Germany was “happy and grateful”.
He nonetheless reiterated Germany’s criticism of the re-export ban on Swiss weapons. Germany had bought numerous weapons and components from Switzerland and it would like to pass some of these on to Ukraine.