Pete Hegset will not participate in the contact group assembly in the defense of Ukraine even in video conference mode, resources say.
In the first instance since the creation of a contact group in the defense of Ukraine in the Ramstein format, the US Defense Minister was not present at his meeting, held in Brussels on Wednesday, June 4. The Associated Press reported this.
The head of Pentagon Pete Hegset, who returned from the National Security Conference in Singapore on Sunday, was stated in the National Security Conference on Wednesday night, after Ramstein was completed.
The US officer, in the anonymous, confirmed the agency that the hegset could not participate in the meeting even in video conference mode.
It is mentioned is “the last of the series of steps that the United States has taken away himself from the war in Ukraine.”
According to Politico, instead of a hegset at a contact group meeting with Ukraine’s defense, the US ambassador to NATO Matthew Vitecher was present on Wednesday.
“Mr. Hegset’s schedule has made his presence at the Ukraine contact group’s open meeting.
It should be noted that now the 28th meeting of Ramstein will take place-under the chairman of Great Britain and Germany. The first passed on April 11, also in Brussels. According to its results, a member of the country of the format announced military assistance in Ukraine for 21 billion euros.
It was also reported that the next Ramstein meeting could take place in Ukraine with the participation of representatives of the defense forces and the defense-industrial complexity.
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Source: korrespondent
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