Lithuania Lifts Restrictions on Nuclear Weapons
- Lithuania's Seimas voted 99-13 on Tuesday to advance removing a constitutional clause banning weapons of mass destruction and foreign military bases, with five lawmakers abstaining.
- The Seimas Committee on Legal Affairs voted 7-2 on September 9 to strike the provision, with proponents arguing Lithuania is the only regional state bound by this restriction, unlike Latvia, Estonia, Poland, and Finland.
- Homeland Union elder Laurynas Kas argued "Russians do not attack the strong" to support deterrence, while the Nemunas Dawn faction led opposition with nine members voting against the measure.
- Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev warned on September 11 that Lithuania would be "wiped from the map" if nuclear deployment triggers confrontation, and Ignas of the Mixed Group questioned if the amendment opens territory for foreign bases.
- Two further adoption votes remain before the amendment takes effect, with Seimas Speaker Juozas Olekas confirming votes scheduled for October 6 and January 12 next year, requiring at least 94 of 141 members to pass.
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The ban on the deployment of weapons of mass destruction and foreign military bases in Lithuania could disappear from the country's constitution. The relevant proposal was supported by the Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday, advancing it to the next stage of the approval process. The chamber will need to support it twice more for final approval.
LITHUANIAN parliament has backed a proposal to lift the constitutional ban on nuclear weapons, paving the way for deployment talks with the US, despite warnings from Russia.
Parliament (Seimas) Lithuania voted in favour of the amendment of the Constitution, which would lift the ban on the deployment of weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, but also foreign military bases, on the territory of the country. Thus, 99 parliamentarians voted in favour of the amendment, 13 against, and five abstained.
Constitutional amendment would also remove ban on foreign military bases
The deputies of the Sejm, on first reading, supported the constitutional amendment that opened the way to the potential emergence of foreign nuclear arsenals on the territory of the Republic. Lithuania ' s legislators, on first reading, voted in favour of amending the country ' s Constitution. They intend to amend the law to abolish the ban on the placement of nuclear weapons in the country, write RIA News. 99 deputies supported the in…
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