Ready to consider Ukraine's requests for fighter jets, but none yet – Dutch PM

The Netherlands is ready to consider Ukraine's request for the supply of F-16 fighter jets, but so far no such request has been received.

This was stated by Prime Minister Mark Rutte at a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in The Hague; European Pravda with reference to NOS.

"There is no supply now, and no requests either," Rutte said.

At the same time, he emphasised that there are no taboos on supporting Ukraine to win the war with Russia.

"But it would really be a very big next step if it came to that," Rutte said about the fighter jet supply.

Macron did not rule out the supply of fighter jets to Ukraine, saying that "in general, nothing is prohibited."

Background: Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki stated that the transfer of F-16 multi-purpose fighters or other aircraft to Ukraine is possible only in close coordination with other NATO allies, as was the case with Leopard tanks.

At the same time, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz claims that the question of a possible provision of fighter jets to Ukraine does not even arise at the moment.

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