Ukraine: Marco Buschmann with clear words about leopards – "This does not make us a party to the war"

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After Poland’s first advance, Finland also indicated its cautious readiness Ukraine to surrender Leopard 2 tanks. This is increasing the pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and the traffic light government, on the months of demands and requests from Kiev for serious weapons enter into.

Chancellor Scholz has after “mirror“-Information labeled discussions about main battle tanks as “uncool”. It is said that he does not want to be carried away. The debate is too hasty and overheated. As the “Spiegel” wants to know, the party supports this attitude – internally, however, some are probably pushing the pace.

Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) finds clearer words than the Chancellor. He is clearly in favor of the delivery – and classifies the concerns as to whether Germany thereby becoming a war party.

According to Bushman, international law allows the delivery of heavy weapons

“Ukraine must win its war of self-defense,” writes Buschmann Twitter. And international law is on the side of the arms delivery advocates, he says. He adds: “This will not make us a war party.”

In a conversation with the “Augsburger AgeneralThe minister also stated that the delivery shouldn’t be taboo. He said: “If Mr. Putin learned the lesson from the ongoing aggression against his neighbors and that he ended up getting his way with these tactics, he will always keep doing it.” Europe not safer, but more insecure.

Buschmann has no legal concerns about the delivery of battle tanks. “Ukraine is right because it is waging a war of self-defense.” According to international law, Germany is allowed to deliver weapons to Ukraine. “This doesn’t make us a party to the war. It doesn’t matter what the quality of the weapons are,” said Buschmann. It is important to him to coordinate very closely with the allies on the issue of arms deliveries.

Leopard deliveries not yet requested

Meanwhile, a week before the new Ramstein talks on military aid for Ukraine, the federal government has not received any applications for the transfer of Leopard main battle tanks. Deputy government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann explained:

There is a very close exchange above all with the USA, with France, with Great Britain, but also with Poland Spain.

Germany plays a key role in the debate because the tanks were developed in Germany. As a rule, the transfer of armaments from German production to third parties must be approved.

(With material from dpa)