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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth did not attend the meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (Ramstein format) in Brussels on 11 April due to scheduling commitments. A definitive statement regarding Washington’s future participation in the Ramstein meetings is expected in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
Source:<\/strong> German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius in a comment to journalists after the meeting, as reported by a European Pravda<\/a> correspondent<\/p>\n Details:<\/strong> Pistorius stressed that Hegseth had not come to Brussels due to a busy schedule but made interesting comments via video link.<\/p>\n Advertisement:<\/p>\n
“Well, in terms of the participation of Pete Hegseth virtually or physically here in Brussels, it’s not a matter of priorities. I think it’s a matter of schedules. As far as I’m informed, he just came back from a several days lasting trip around the world, more or less,” Pistorius said.<\/p>\n “We had some other ministers not taking part today too, because they had other schedule obligations too,” he added.<\/p>\n “So the most important fact was that he [Hegseth] took part,” the German defence minister said.<\/p>\n “He addressed the auditorium with some, I would say, interesting and correct assessments, considering what Europeans have been doing since the beginning of the year and have done before. And I think this is the most important fact about that,” he said.<\/p>\n “And in the future, in the weeks to come, we will see what’s going to happen with the US participation, with the US support. I am not able to have a look in the crystal ball. We wait and see,” said Pistorius.<\/p>\n He added that other participating states “should better look on our own and to do what we have to do and we can do”.<\/p>\n Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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