At the European summit in Moldova, Prime Minister Mark Rutte managed to involve more countries to jointly train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16s. Five countries are certainly participating and others are interested.
“The Netherlands and Denmark already had an agreement on this,” explains Europe journalist Geert Jan Hahn from the meeting of the European Political Community in Moldova. “This in itself was a watershed moment, according to Rutte. They wanted to confirm that with a photo opportunity today. In the previous period, he managed to involve even more countries.’
Five countries are on board
“England, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium and Norway will work together to train Ukrainian pilots for F-16s,” the Moldovan prime minister told Hahn. And more countries are interested.
“England, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium and Norway will work together to train Ukrainian pilots”
And if the fighter planes will actually be delivered? “We try to avoid using those words,” Rutte told Hahn. This is precisely the sensitive issue. You deliberately abandon that discussion, in the hope that it moves in the right direction in the coming months. But obviously we don’t do those workouts as a hobby.”
Fish in the water
According to Hahn, the prime minister is “like a fish in water” at a summit like this. “We knew this morning that you were negotiating with these countries. And so he managed to recruit them. Or do you know how to present it to us?
Source: BNR
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