NATO chief: allies will find solution soon on tanks to Ukraine

24/1/2023 19:31

        NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged allies on Tuesday to speed up deliveries of heavy and more advanced weapons to repel Russian forces in
        Ukraine and expressed confidence that a decision on sending battle tanks to Kyiv would come soon.
        
        Stoltenberg was speaking in Berlin alongside Germany's new defence minister, Boris Pistorius, who said his government would act quickly on the tanks if a consensus was found.
        
        Pressure has been building on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government to send its Leopard tanks to Ukraine and allow other countries to do the same - under military procurement rules, Germany must authorise any re-exports.
        
        But Scholz's Social Democrat party has been holding back, wary of sudden moves that could cause Moscow to escalate further.