Portugal considers sending more material according to needs
The Minister of National Defense, Helena Carreiras, said today that Portugal is considering sending more material to Ukraine, depending on that country’s needs, and that the 16 tons already provided are “in transit”.
“We continue, as we have needs here, to the extent of our possibilities and it has been in line with what is also the request of Ukraine, of yours, to consider sending support, material. And, therefore, that is what we will continue to do” , said the minister, in statements to the Lusa Community this evening at the meeting of defense ministers of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CP).
“There is, let’s say, not much more, and concrete remains in transit and sending the 160 tons of material that we have prepared for Ukraine”, added a minister, without going into “aspects” of this transport “for security reasons”.
Helena Carreiras said she also had information about the material provided by Portugal among the arsenals of military equipment allegedly by Western countries that Russian forces have not yet claimed to have destroyed in Ukraine in recent days.
“I don’t have this information, but a war in progress. I don’t have this information, but a war in progress.
Among the 160 tons of equipment in preparation for or in transit to Ukraine, provided by Portugal, lethal and non-lethal military material and other material, such as medical and humanitarian support, are sanitized.
In her speech to her counterparts at the moment in Europe of the CPLP, Helena Carreiras stated that “what happened as a result of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and despite being far from the borders of many Member States and not occurring in Europe as a result, direct and indirect, not only for our community and for each of our countries, but for the whole world”.
“The conflict in the East, arising from a manifestation of the international legal order based on an important impact of the international order, is already in the ability to supply essential goods around the world due to the impact of Russian grain export channels. These disruptions are including some of our countries, which will, in turn, lead to a general increase in prices and the cost of living”.
In this context, he said, the role of the Defense sector “is particularly important for the global and joint effort of the community of the community with a view to responding to the humanitarian disaster caused by this war, where the main populations remain international, unfortunately, to be like civilians”.
“Our Community and our Armed Forces must demonstrate their ability to work together and deepen their cooperation”, he emphasized.