Germany guarantees Swiss Leopard 2 tanks wouldn't go to Ukraine - Berlin

Germany would not send Leopard 2 tanks onwards to Ukraine if Switzerland agreed to send them as requested by Berlin, a German defence ministry spokesperson said on Friday.

"There are existing and assessed contractual regulations," the spokesperson said when asked at a regular news conference how Berlin could guarantee this.

Germany wants Switzerland to sell some of the tanks back to arms maker Rheinmetall, which would allow the company to backfill gaps in the armaments of European Union and NATO members.