Berlin assures that it will not oppose the delivery of the Leopard II models if a partner country requests it
Poland increased pressure on Germany on Monday to begin supplying Ukraine with tanks. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has confirmed that he will formally ask Berlin for permission to send Leopard II tanks to the country. These models are German-made, so they need the approval of the German authorities for their delivery and everything indicates that they will approve, or so their foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, assured this weekend.
Warsaw is one of the capitals most willing to supply heavy weapons and tanks to the Ukrainian army. There are already nine NATO countries advocating giving Ukraine all the necessary equipment to launch a counter-offensive in the country. Denmark, Slovakia, Estonia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and the Czech Republic have already expressed their intention to increase arms shipments to Ukraine and are in favor of supplying their army with tanks. In addition, Finland has announced the shipment of military equipment worth EUR 400 million.
In this context, Poland is one of the countries that has set the tone most against Germany, even threatening to send tanks without its consent. In the end, however, the Polish authorities have opted for diplomacy and will formally request permission – although they have not given a date when they will submit the request – which will increase international pressure on Berlin. Germany, for its part, has opened the door to allowing partner countries to give Kiev the tanks they need: “They haven’t asked us the question so far, but if they do, we won’t be against it” , Baerbock stated on Sunday. .
EU foreign ministers have agreed to expand the European Peace Mechanism by €500 million, a fund intended to send arms to Ukraine. Community leaders have spent weeks trying to convince European countries of the need to mobilize more resources as the war begins “at a decisive moment”. Despite Hungary’s threat of a veto, the EU managed to unblock this new tranche of aid, bringing the funds earmarked for arms supplies to Kiev to 3.6 billion.
Source: La Verdad
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