Lloyd Austin's health allows him to travel to Germany.
Lloyn personally present at the next meeting of the Contact Group on Assistance to Ukraine, which will take place on March 19 at the Ramstein base.
As Ukrinform reports, the participation of the US Secretary of Defense was announced by Deputy Department Representative Sabrina Singh during a press briefing. Joining Austin on Monday will also be the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Brown. Today in Washington, the minister met with his Latvian counterpart Andres Spruds. They talked about the importance of maintaining NATO unity in countering Russian aggression.
- Austin held the previous Ramstein meeting online because he was hospitalized due to bladder problems.
- At the beginning of the year, the head of the Pentagon was hospitalized due to an oncological diagnosis and did not inform the White House about it.
- In the Pentagon, an official investigation justified the official’s actions, since he did not have malicious intent when he hid the fact of being admitted to the hospital.