Analysis
In the weekly space in the evening edition, commentator SIC Nuno Rogena and the Minister of Defense analyzed the statements of the President of the Republic about the possibility of Portugal sending military to Ukraine.
The President of the Republic considered this Tuesday that “it is still early to put the question” of a possible shipping of military to Ukraine and said that the government has in this matter “a fundamental initiative”.
In response to questions from journalists at the Belém Palace in Lisbon, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa also said that “the sending of highlighted national forces must have an opinion from the Superior Council of National Defense.”
Asked about a possible sending of Portuguese military to Ukraine, Defense Minister Nuno Melo mentioned in the edition of SIC Notícias, that when the Plan of Peace is drawn, “there will be time to think about the use of military and in what context “.