Training Ukrainian military personnel by Irish instructors would violate Ireland’s long-standing policy of neutrality. The newspaper writes about it Irish Timesreferring to the opinion of several deputies of the republic’s House of Representatives (lower house of parliament).
“Providing basic weapons training to Ukrainian soldiers is a clear violation of neutrality,” said Paul Murphy, MP from the opposition People’s Matter Party.
In his view, the Irish government should use its voice in the international arena to promote peace rather than intervene in the conflict in Ukraine.
Independent parliamentarian Nisa Hurigan described the training of soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) as evading the “obligation of impartiality”.
On the eve of the media reported that Irish military trainers will train soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine within the framework of EUMAM Ukraine (the European Union’s mission to provide military assistance to Ukraine).
Ukrainian army near Donetsk in June complained Irish journalists about the lack of ammo.
Formerly USA and Ukraine started Negotiations on security guarantees for Kyiv.