• Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Germany promises longer-term military support to Ukraine

Germany promises longer-term military support to Ukraine
Riga, 20 April 2022 (dpa/MIA) - Germany is prepared to support Ukraine militarily in the medium and long-term, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Wednesday. Speaking after meeting her Latvian counterpart Edgars Rinkevics in Riga, Baerbock said: "It is about the next three months, and also the next three years." The delivery of heavier weaponry such as tanks was, according to Baerbock "not a taboo, even when it seems like it sometimes from the debate in Germany." Berlin had already put an agreement in place with other NATO and G7 countries, she said, that meant that if they sent older weapons rapidly to Ukraine, Germany would replace them with German-made arms.