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Switzerland remains neutral despite referendum results

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Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said the country remains neutral despite the results of a referendum in which citizens rejected an initiative for stricter neutrality, including a ban on imposing sanctions against other countries such as Russia.

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Swiss citizens held a referendum on an initiative for stricter neutrality, which included a complete ban on the country imposing sanctions against other countries, including Russia.

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Switzerland does not renounce neutrality, despite the results of the referendum on changing the relevant provision of the Constitution. The head of the confederation's Foreign Ministry, Ignazio Cassis, made a statement about this, TASS reports.

Previously, Swiss citizens actually rejected the initiative for stricter neutrality. The amendments included a complete ban on the country's imposition of sanctions against other countries, including Russia.

“This result is not a vote against neutrality. Switzerland was neutral yesterday, it is neutral today and will remain neutral in the future,” the diplomat said.

On September 25, it became known that if a decision is made to tighten neutrality, Switzerland will actually prohibit itself from independently introducing sanctions against the Russian Federation.

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