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Title: Allies consider moving Ukraine arms group into NATO to shield it from Trump
Summary: During the NATO foreign ministerial meeting, officials are expected to discuss gradually moving the organization — called the Ukraine Defense Contact Group — into the alliance’s control.

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The U.S. and other Western countries are considering transferring to NATO a U.S.-led multinational group that coordinates the shipment of weapons to Ukraine, a move that could help maintain the flow of arms to Kyiv under a second Donald Trump presidency.



During the NATO foreign ministerial meeting in Brussels Wednesday and Thursday, officials are expected to discuss gradually moving the organization — called the Ukraine Defense Contact Group — into the alliance’s control, according to three European officials and a U.S. official with knowledge of the internal deliberations. The goal would be to finalize the move at the NATO leaders’ summit in Washington in July, one of the officials said.



Allies see the shift as a way to institutionalize the U.S.-led effort, allowing other countries in NATO to have a bigger say over the process in case of a Trump re-election, according to one of the European officials. All of the people were granted anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
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Author: Lara Seligman
PublishedDate: 2024-04-02
Category: Europe
NewsPaper: Politico EU
Tags: Aid and development, Weapons, Defense