Defense Minister of Netherlands comments on €100 billion initiative for Ukraine

Defense Minister of the Netherlands Kajsa Ollongren considers Jens Stoltenberg's proposal to create a NATO fund for Ukraine worth €100 billion "very interesting."

She said this in a comment to a Ukrinform correspondent in The Hague.

Ollongren noted that it is necessary to "study the details of this proposal of the NATO Secretary General".

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"We are currently coordinating assistance to Ukraine in the Contact Group on Ukraine's Defense, the so-called Ramstein format. This is a special format in response to Russia's large-scale invasion. Unfortunately, this war is likely to last for a long time, so I am always interested in strengthening the coordination of military assistance to Ukraine. So I think this is a very interesting proposal and I look forward to discussing it in the context of NATO," said the Netherlands Defense Minister.

As reported, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg proposed to create a fund to finance military assistance to Ukraine with a budget of €100 billion for five years.