Germany and Slovenia to speed up heavy weapons transfer to Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob discussed the issue of providing Ukraine with heavy weapons during negotiations in Berlin.

The heads of governments announced this at a press conference following the results of the negotiations, Ukrinform reports.

"We discussed the issue of the joint transfer of weapons to Ukraine… We are exploring various options for resolving the situation," Golob said.

He recalled that Slovenia transferred a batch of heavy weapons to Ukraine, and the further process of the transfer was "somewhat delayed," which is partly due to the change of government in the country. The Prime Minister expects the process to speed up.

Scholz also expressed his belief that the countries "will achieve rapid progress together." The chancellor emphasized the readiness of the partners to comprehensively support Ukraine in the political, economic, humanitarian, and military spheres, as well as with the help of sanctions against the russian federation.

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In June, Slovenia transferred 35 IFV's to Ukraine. Bratislava planned to hand over 30 T-72 tanks to Ukraine, receiving new equipment from Germany as part of the so-called circular deliveries. However, Berlin offered only 15 Leopard-2A4 tanks. Negotiations have been going on for more than 2 months.