Lithuania agrees to remove constitutional ban on nuclear weapons

July 2 (Reuters) - ‌Lithuania's ​President ​Gitanas Nauseda said on ‌Thursday that parliamentary parties ⁠had agreed on a ‌plan to remove ‌a constitutional provision prohibiting nuclear weapons ​on Lithuanian soil.

"The geopolitical situation is ⁠getting worse. Our constitution was ​written when geopolitical circumstances were totally different," ​he said.

Nauseda ‌said there were no immediate ⁠plans to store nuclear weapons in ⁠Lithuania, but that removing the ​provision would ensure the country was not constrained ‌if security circumstances changed in the ‌future.

(Reporting by ⁠Andrius Sytas, ‌writing by ​Jagoda Darlak, editing by Essi ‌Lehto)

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