(ANSA) - BERLIN, JAN 22 - Germany is ready to authorize Poland to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine.
This was stated by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, specifying that Germany "will not oppose" Poland's desire to send German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine, if Warsaw asks for authorisation.
"If we are asked, then we will not oppose it," the German minister told French television Lci after the summit between German chancellor Olaf Scholz and French president Emmanuel Macron in Paris.
"For the moment, the question has not been asked" by Poland, which was required to make an official request to Berlin, Baerbock said.
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We know how important these tanks are and that is why we are discussing them now with our partners.
We must ensure that people's lives are saved and the territory of Ukraine liberated," he added. (ANSA).