Kiev convenes the US business officer after stop arms
Ukraine informs the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, he told the US diplomat that delays in military aid “encourage” Russia.
Ukraine has convened the business in charge of the United States. It reports the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kiev, explaining that “the main theme of the conversation with the American diplomat was the military assistance of the United States and the cooperation regarding defense between the two states”. The move comes after the United States announced the stop to sending some armaments to Kiev, including air defense missiles, following a revision of the Pentagon. “Wednesday 2 July, at the request of the Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga, the business in charge of the United States in Ukraine, John Ginkel, was invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine”, ha
Having said the dicastery, specifying that “the deputy foreign minister of Ukraine, Mariana Betsa, expressed gratitude to the United States for the support provided since the beginning of the large -scale invasion by Russia and underlined the fundamental importance of continuing the deliveries of the defense packages previously allocated, with particular attention to the strengthening of the air defense of Ukraine”.
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«The Ukrainian part stressed that any delay or postponement in support
Ukraine defense would only encourage
the attacker to continue the war and terror, rather than looking for the
peace “, the ministry still reports, underlining that” the parties discussed the consultations regarding defense supplies, currently underway at all levels, and of further contacts between Ukraine and the United States, which
They will contribute to finding mutually advantageous solutions to strengthen the defense skills of our state, increasing pressure on Russia to promote peace efforts ». A few hours ago the spokesman for the White House, Anna Kelly, announced that the decision to suspend the sending of some weapons “was made to put the interests of America in first place following a revision by the Department of Defense of Military Support and Assistance provided by our nation to other countries all over the world”.
