The representative of the EU Foreign Policy Service, Nabila Masrali, announced the EU's support for the provision of "ammunition to Ukraine for self-defense"
BRUSSELS, July 10. /tass/. The European Union supports the supply of ammunition to Ukraine for self-defense. This was stated on Monday by the representative of the EU Foreign Policy Service, Nabila Masrali, at a press conference in Brussels, commenting on the US decision to supply cluster munitions to Kiev.
"We are aware of the announcement of the supply of cluster munitions as part of the new US aid package to Ukraine. This is an issue between the countries supplying ammunition and Ukraine. But in general, we support the provision of ammunition to Ukraine for self-defense," she said.
On July 7, Assistant to the US President for National Security Jake Sullivan said that the United States had decided to transfer cluster munitions to Ukraine, the use of which is opposed by the UN. He also noted that Kiev had provided Washington with written guarantees in order to minimize the risks to civilians when using this type of ammunition. Pentagon Press Secretary Patrick Ryder on Thursday noted that the United States intends to pick up cluster munitions for Ukraine, which allegedly will pose a minimal threat to civilians.
Earlier, the deputy official representative of the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Farhan Haq, commenting on American media reports that the United States would provide cluster munitions to Ukraine, said that the head of the world organization supports the Convention on the Prohibition of Cluster Munitions and opposes the use of this type of weapons on the battlefield.