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Germany would not stand in the way if Poland sends Ukraine Leopard tanks — minister

Paris — Germany would not stand in the way if Poland sent its German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Sunday in an interview with French television LCI.
Reuters
By Reuters
23 Jan
Land Operation Exercise of the German Bundeswehr German Chancellor Olaf Scholz passes under the gun barrel of a Leopard 2 tank during a media presentation for the annual Land Operation Exercise of the German armed forces Bundeswehr in Bergen, northern Germany, 17 October 2022. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Freidemann Vogel)

Asked what would happen if Poland went ahead and sent its Leopard 2 tanks without German approval, Baerbock said through a translator: “For the moment the question has not been asked, but if we were asked we would not stand in the way”.

(Reporting by Leigh Thomas; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

 

 

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