Despite the neutrality of Switzerland, the country's parliament put forward a proposal to provide Ukraine with 5 billion Swiss francs for humanitarian needs. It is reported by SwishInfo.

13 members of the Committee voted " Before that, the problems of Ukraine in the humanitarian sphere and the field of security policy were discussed at the meeting..

According to the statement, the majority of commission members are of the opinion that Ukraine needs substantial financial support..

The minority is of the opinion that numerous issues related to the restoration of Ukraine and international cooperation on this matter still need to be clarified..

This money should go to humanitarian aid, protection of civilians, demining and rehabilitation of infrastructure..

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Earlier, Swiss President Alain Berset said on the sidelines of a meeting at the United Nations that his country still opposes arms exports to war-torn Ukraine..