Lithuania’s top political leaders have agreed that the country’s constitutional ban on the deployment of nuclear weapons should be removed, President Gitanas Nausėda said Thursday.
Speaking after a meeting with parliamentary and government leaders and the heads of parliamentary factions, Nausėda said there was broad political consensus that Article 137 of the Constitution is “outdated”.
Article 137 of Lithuania’s Constitution currently states that weapons of mass destruction and foreign military bases may not be located on Lithuanian territory.
“Opinions were practically unanimous. Almost all parliamentary faction leaders expressed the view that Article 137 has become obsolete and should not merely be amended but removed,” Nausėda told reporters.
He said views differed only on the procedure for changing the Constitution.
