(8 Sep 2022)
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Ramstein Air Base, Germany - 8 September 2022
1. Defense Ministers of Germany and the Netherlands arriving for statement
2. SOUNDBITE (German) Christine Lambrecht, German Defense Minister:
"We will support Ukraine in demining, and there will be training in Germany, in Stetten am kalten Markt, at the explosive ordnance defense school. The aim is to train Ukrainian soldiers in mine detection, mine clearance and the removal of booby traps."
3. Cutaway of news conference
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Kajsa Ollongren, Defense Minister of the Netherlands:
"I'm very happy today to be able to announce together with Christine that we are going to do this demining training, exactly as my colleague just said: train the trainers, also provide equipment, and make sure they can use it as soon as possible in the ground, so that's a direct response to a Ukrainian request."
5. Cutaway of news conference
6. SOUNDBITE (German) Christine Lambrecht, German Defense Minister:
"It is important for us to provide support in this area, but Germany will also provide support beyond that, for example also with the request regarding a winter package, so we will for example supply material for power generation, tents, but also winter equipment."
7. Cutaway of news conference
STORYLINE:
Germany and the Netherlands will provide training and equipment to Ukrainian soldiers to help with demining efforts, the countries' defense ministers said.
The ministers spoke on the sidelines of a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
The training will be carried out in Germany.
The two countries previously joined forces to send howitzers to Ukraine.
Kajsa Ollongren, Defense Minister of the Netherlands, said the support was "a direct response to a Ukrainian request."
German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said support would also extend to a "winter package", which would include "material for power generation, tents, but also winter equipment."
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