Portuguese Foreign Minister Juan Gomes Carvinho said that Lisbon will not transfer F-16 warplanes to Kiev because the country needs it. It has been reported Noticias Diary.
According to him, the transfer of these planes to Ukraine is “not discussed”.
“Portugal does not have an unlimited number of aircraft … In addition to our national obligations, we also have aircraft that we need within NATO, so this issue is not addressed for now,” said the minister.
Earlier, US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall had said that the F-16 warplanes would be delivered after they were delivered to Kiev. be based on in Ukraine.
Prior to that, Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said that Ukrainian pilots were trained to fly F-16 fighter jets. will begin Very soon.