Sybiha: US assured Kyiv weapons bought for Ukraine under PURL not to be redirected to Middle East

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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said he had received assurances from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Washington had no plans to redirect U.S. weapons purchased for Ukraine to the Middle East.

As reported by an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent, the minister made the statement after the informal off-site meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Kyiv.

"I recently returned from the G7 meeting that took place in Paris. I had a brief conversation with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. And we received assurances that, at this stage, there is no question of redirecting this assistance to other regions," he said at a press conference with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.