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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Talks on a potential donation of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine are progressing, Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Thursday during a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to The Hague, but no decision has been made.<\/p>\n

Answering a question at a press conference alongside Zelenskiy and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, Rutte said “On the F-16’s: no taboos.”<\/p>\n

“We are working closely with our partners Belgium, others, UK, Denmark, on getting that debate somehow to a conclusion. We are not there yet,” he said.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week in Helsinki, Finland, Zelenskiy renewed his requests for the West to supply Kyiv with modern fighter jets and added he was “sure we will soon have aircraft”.<\/p>\n

Rutte has previously said the Netherlands would consider any kind of military support for Ukraine as long as it would not trigger open conflict between NATO and Russia.<\/p>\n

He said on Thursday said that discussions on F-16s would “take time” as did previous discussions on donating Leopard 2 tanks and armoured howitzers.<\/p>\n

“But at this moment the panzer-howitzers are in Ukraine, (and) the Leo 2s are being delivered to Ukraine,” he noted. “So we will work on this diligently, on the F-16s, and clearly there is support in parliament for this government to work on that.”<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Toby Sterling and Charlotte Van Campenhout; Editing by Alex Richardson and Christina Fincher)<\/p>\n

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