KYIV: The Netherlands will begin sending F-16 fighter planes to Ukraine "without delay," Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp said during a visit to Kyiv at the weekend.
An F16 fighter aeroplane takes off from the Schleswig-Jagel Air Base during the Air Defender 2023 exercise in Jagel, Germany, on Monday, Jun 12, 2023. KYIV: The Netherlands will begin sending F-16 fighter planes to Ukraine "without delay," Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp said during a visit to Kyiv at the weekend.
In his first international trip since becoming foreign minister last week, Veldkamp said the Netherlands was poised to send the jets after the necessary export licenses were granted last week. Veldkamp is part of a new ruling coalition in which Geert Wilders' far-right Party for Freedom is the largest party.
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