The head of the Foreign Policy Service of the community welcomed the decision of the Group of Seven to prepare for the dispatch of fighter jets to KievBRUSSELS, May 22.
/tass/. The European Union welcomes the decision of the Group of Seven to prepare to send F-16 fighters to Ukraine and expects that "it will be able to deliver them soon." This was stated on Monday by the head of the foreign policy service of the community, Josep Borrel, upon arrival at the meeting of the foreign ministers of the EU countries.
"This is a very good idea, this is a great step by the Seven to finally start preparing conditions for the supply of fighters. Pilot training has already begun - this is the first thing that needs to be done, and I really hope that we will soon be able to supply Ukraine with this type of weapon," he said.
Borrel added that the heads of foreign ministries on Monday will discuss the allocation of a new tranche of weapons from the European Peace Fund for Kiev.
Earlier, Borrel stated that he increasingly feels like the EU defense minister, and not the head of European diplomacy.
On May 21, US President Joe Biden announced at a press conference on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima that his country, together with its allies, would begin training Ukrainian pilots, including on F-16 aircraft.
Earlier, the assistant to the American leader for national security, Jake Sullivan, said that Washington would discuss with like-minded people in the coming months which states would transfer the F-16 to Kiev. He recalled that, according to the US administration, these fighters are not included in the list of priority supplies for the preparation of Kiev by the West for a counteroffensive.
