JAKARTA - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of the Netherlands Dilan Yesilgöz-Zegerius. confirmed that the Netherlands is ready to produce weapons from the United States under a license.
Bloomberg reported that US President Donald Trump plans to ask US defense companies to provide production licenses for weapons, including missiles, in Europe and Ukraine after US weapons stocks were depleted due to the conflict in Iran.
"I spoke two weeks ago with the American industry and we had a discussion. It was a good conversation. I also expressed my desire to expand joint production," Yesilgöz-Zegerius said in an interview with Euractivyang published on Friday, June 19, reported by ANTARA from Sputnik.
The joint production is said to benefit both countries while strengthening bilateral cooperation. The Netherlands is also discussing the production of anti-ballistic and missile systems.
A day earlier, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said a number of European countries, including Poland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Germany, were ready to become locations for the production of US weapons.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2024 warned Western countries that supply military aid to Ukraine are directly involved in the conflict.
He stressed that the delivery of long-range precision weapons to Ukraine undermines global security.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also stated that the delivery of weapons to Ukraine was a legitimate target for Russia.
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