Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Lars Lücke Rasmussen and Netherlands Wopke Hoekstra confirmed receiving approval from the USA for the transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine after pilot training.
As Rasmussen noted, Copenhagen sent a request to Washington regarding the supply of aircraft to Kyiv and received a "friendly response."
"I can confirm that there has been an exchange of letters between myself and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken based on the fact that the Secretary of Defense and I have reached out to the United States to explore our options," he told TV 2.
At the same time, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that the decision on the supply of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine has not yet been made.
"The government has said several times that the transfer of aircraft is a natural next step after pilot training. We are discussing this with our closest allies and I expect that we will soon be able to be more specific about this," said Danish Defense Minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen.
This month in Denmark, a coalition of 11 countries was supposed to start training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets.
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