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Jan. 13 () –
The chairperson of the German Parliament’s Defense Committee, Marie-Agnès Strack-Zimmermann, has pressured German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to deliver tanks to Ukraine.
Hours after the German Executive announced that it was not going to get in the way of the supply of German-made Leopard tanks by Poland, Strack-Zimmermann has affirmed that Scholz should issue an export permit from Germany, it has reported the Funke media group and has picked up the station BR 24.
“The proposal to deliver Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine in a short time within the framework of a pan-European initiative is, as before, correct. Germany should finally issue an export permit for this,” said the chairman of the Defense Commission. of the Bundestag.
It has also asked Ukrainian soldiers to start training with Leopard 2 tanks that will be supplied by Poland.
Strack-Zimmermann’s message comes after Berlin has announced that it will not interfere in the supply of Leopard tanks by Poland, announced by its president, Andrzej Duda, on Wednesday from Ukrainian territory.
“Germany should not get in the way when other countries make decisions to support Ukraine, regardless of the decision Germany makes,” Vice Chancellor Habeck, a member of the environmentalist and pacifist party The Greens, said on Thursday.
The Leopard is a model of tank made in Germany, which also plays a key role since, in general, the transfer to third parties of nationally manufactured weapons must be approved by Berlin.
President Duda confirmed this new supply of weapons during a meeting with his Ukrainian and Lithuanian counterparts, Volodimir Zelenski and Gitanas Nauseda, respectively, in the city of Lviv, in western Ukraine.
The Polish government has recognized that, with this decision, Warsaw hopes to encourage other countries to follow in its footsteps. Although Germany has not been directly mentioned, pressure is mounting on Berlin to supply tanks to the Ukrainian Army.
