Shakaliene: It’s essential to alter the structure to accommodate nuclear weapons
Lithuania should change the Structure for the position of nuclear weapons within the nation. This was said by the Minister of Protection of the Republic Doville Shakalien, transfers LRT.
“We imagine that we have to take into account the potential of adjusting Article 137 of the Structure of the Republic of Lithuania, if our allies suggest lifelike plans for the position of nuclear weapons or its parts in Lithuania, in addition to revise different obligations,” the top of the Lithuanian MO emphasised.
Shakalienne wished to alter the structure towards the backdrop of the proposal of French President Emmanuel Macron on the nuclear umbrella of the European Union. On the identical time, the minister admitted that different states haven’t but addressed Vilnius with such proposals.
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Article 137 of the Lithuanian Structure prohibits the position of international army bases and weapons of mass defeat within the nation. Based on Article 148 of the Fundamental Legislation of the Republic, the proposal have to be accepted 2/3 of the full variety of members of the Sejm (Parliament) on the initiative of 1 / 4 of deputies or 300 thousand voters.
Earlier, Poland wished to put nuclear weapons on its territory. It’s reported that the nation’s President Andrzej Duda mentioned with the Particular Supervisor of US President Donald Trump in Russia and Ukraine Keito Kellogue the query of shifting nuclear weapons from Western Europe to the territory of the republic.
