We also have the effort resulting from the repositioning of the military forces under the NATO framework, the consequence of which was the strengthening of the Western flank where Portugal is present, now reinforced, in Romania", he noted. "We’ve also been offering emergency assistance under the Ukrainian Budget and there are ongoing programmes with the Ukrainian Government to rebuild schools in a province. The Prime Minister recalled that Portugal sent war material, humanitarian material and offered humanitarian aid, namely taking in refugees. "Portugal also has obligations under the NATO framework, of having equipment available for interventions in the event of a need, which it cannot keep from meeting", he stressed. In a statement to Lusa press agency in Bangui, the Central African Republic capital, at the end of his visit to the Portuguese military mission in the country, António Costa claimed that sending the tanks to Ukraine will not jeopardize the Portuguese military capabilities. The Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa claimed that Portugal will provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces with Leopard 2 main battle tanks and the recovery of some of these vehicles, which were stored, is under way with Germany, to counter the Russian invasion.
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