“If a decision was made by all (of the member states) of NATO, I would be favorably disposed to the mission of these fighters,” Mr. Morawiecki emphasized in the interview he gave to the German tabloid Bild.
Poland is ready to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine if there is a consensus in NATO, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in an interview published today.
“If a decision was made by all (of the member states) of NATO, I would be favorably disposed to the mission of these fighters,” Mr. Morawiecki emphasized in the interview he gave to the German tabloid Bild.
What Warsaw will do will depend on what “NATO member countries decide together,” he insists, stressing the need for “collective reflection” by the Atlantic alliance to make a decision.
Last week, Western countries raised the bar on military aid to Ukraine, as Germany and the US announced after months of negotiations that they would finally send heavy tanks.
But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is demanding even more military aid, from long-range missiles to fighter jets.
On Monday, US President Joe Biden categorically ruled out sending US F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, but other Western governments have said they are ready to provide aircraft, including Slovakia, which has Soviet-designed MiG-29s, and the Netherlands, which has begun replacing the F-16 fleet with F-35s.
“Germany has the ability to offer much more support than it has done so far; it has the ability to promote decisions within the European Union, it has the money, it has diplomatic influence,” warns the Polish Prime Minister.
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