Anita Anand was heading home from Germany after she and counterparts from U.S. and Europe didn\u0027t decide whether to provide tanks to Ukraine.
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But before Canada can even entertain the idea, it needs Berlin’s sign-off to allow it to re-export the tanks to Ukraine, which is not a member of the NATO military alliance.Article content German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said opinions among allies were mixed, and added that “the impression that has occasionally arisen, that there is a united coalition and Germany is standing in the way, is wrong.”Article content
The four M777 howitzers and the 100 Carl Gustaf recoilless rifles were donated to Ukraine from the Canadian Army’s stocks and have yet to be replaced.Article content “We must be careful not to deplete our own stock and not be able to maintain our expertise due to a lack of operational Leopard 2s in our own Canadian arsenal,” he said.Article content
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin defended German leaders on Friday, saying: “They are a reliable ally and they’ve been that way for a very, very long time. And I truly believe that they’ll continue to be a reliable ally going forward.”
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