Lithuania is preparing a historic decision on nuclear weapons
An amendment to the Constitution has been introduced in the Lithuanian Seimas that would lift the ban on the deployment of nuclear weapons on the country’s territory.
The initiative was supported by 50 lawmakers. It proposes amending Article 137 of the Constitution, which currently prohibits the deployment of weapons of mass destruction and foreign military bases in Lithuania.
The day before, President Gitanas Nausėda stated that the country’s political leadership had reached a broad consensus on the need to revise this provision. According to him, Lithuania remains, in fact, the only NATO member state where such a ban is enshrined in the Constitution.
At the same time, Seimas Speaker Juozas Olekas emphasized that Lithuania currently has no plans to deploy nuclear weapons on its territory during peacetime. Representatives of the ruling coalition also assured that any potential changes would not conflict with the country’s international obligations, particularly the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
For the constitutional amendments to be adopted, the amendment must be supported twice by at least 94 of the 141 members of parliament, and at least three months must elapse between the votes.
Source: LRT.
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