Norwegian parliamentarians discussed the possibility of supplying Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine at a closed meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. This is reported by the daily newspaper Dagbladet..

According to the publication, a secret meeting of the commission, which includes 20 deputies of the Norwegian parliament Storting, was convened after the Sunday speech of the head of German diplomacy Annalena Berbock. The politician allowed Germany to agree to send other countries German tanks Leopard 2. This step was previously announced by Poland..

Norwegian Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gram from the Labor Party attended the meeting, according to Dagbladet..

“I will not comment on future deliveries, but of course Ukraine needs various weapons, including tanks, which have been requested,” he told the Norwegian news agency NTB Gram..

According to the daily newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv, there are 52 Leopard 2 tanks in Norway.. The Ministry of Defense refused to answer the question of how many of them are in working condition and how many can be transferred to Ukraine.

German Foreign Minister Annaleni Burbock confirmed in Brussels that Berlin is waiting for a request from Poland for permission to transfer Leopard tanks to Ukraine.. This was stated by the head of Polish diplomacy Zbigniew Rau after a meeting of 27 foreign ministers. He also stressed that Poland promised Ukraine "

Earlier, the Finnish Foreign Ministry said that they were studying the issue of supplying tanks to Ukraine, but no decision had been made..