Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said the country plans to join the unified European air defense system, the European Sky Shield. Wrote about him about it twitter.
According to him, this does not contradict the neutral status of Austria, and Sky Shield provides the necessary protection of airspace.
Formerly Nehammer declarationthat his country, like other neutral states, demands that their status be stated in security guarantees for Ukraine, if provided to it.
Neutral EU countries, namely Austria, Ireland, Malta and Cyprus, believe it “cannot happen” for the EU to provide security guarantees to Ukraine without stating their neutrality, Nehammer said.
Prior to that, the FT wrote that the EU may offer security guarantees to Ukraine after the summit at the end of June.
formerly Poland wanted Deploying US nuclear weapons on its territory.