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Pentagon Chief Opts Out of Ukraine Defense Contact Group Meeting: Reports
Pentagon Chief Opts Out of Ukraine Defense Contact Group Meeting: Reports
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - For the first time since the Ukraine Defense Contact Group was created by the United States, the Pentagon chief will skip the group’s... 04.06.2025, Sputnik Africa
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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will not attend the Wednesday meeting of the international group coordinating military aid to Ukraine, the Associated Press reported, citing a US official. A US official told the Associated Press that Hegseth also will not participate by video conference and will arrive in Brussels late on Wednesday, after the contact group’s meeting is over. On Tuesday, Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said that Hegseth was going to travel to Belgium and France this week to take part in the NATO defense ministers' meeting and events commemorating D-Day, but no mention was made of whether the Pentagon chief was planning to attend the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which will be held on June 4 at the NATO headquarters.
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Pentagon Chief Opts Out of Ukraine Defense Contact Group Meeting: Reports
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - For the first time since the Ukraine Defense Contact Group was created by the United States, the Pentagon chief will skip the group’s meeting, which will have over 50 other defense leaders in attendance.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will not attend the Wednesday meeting of the international group coordinating military aid to Ukraine, the Associated Press reported, citing a US official.
A US official told the Associated Press that Hegseth also will not participate by video conference and will arrive in Brussels late on Wednesday, after the contact group’s meeting is over.
On Tuesday, Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said that Hegseth was going to travel to Belgium and France this week to take part in the NATO defense ministers' meeting and events commemorating D-Day, but no mention was made of whether the Pentagon chief was planning to attend the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which will be held on June 4 at the NATO headquarters.
