NATO Says F-16 Training For Ukraine Doesn't Make It Party To Conflict

"Ukraine has the right of self-defence ... We help Ukraine to uphold that right," Jens Stoltenberg said.

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Washington supports joint allied training programs for Ukrainian pilots on F-16s warplanes.
Brussels:

Training Ukrainian pilots in flying US-built F-16 fighter jets does not make NATO a party to the conflict, the alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday.

"Ukraine has the right of self-defence...We help Ukraine to uphold that right," he told reporters. "That doesn't make NATO and NATO allies a party to the conflict."

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