According to the event’s website, the forum is celebrated in “a crucial moment of change”: after the inauguration of new US administration and on the eve of a new cycle of the European legislature in Brussels and the German parliamentary elections, which They are celebrated just a week later.
The German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will inaugurate the conference this February 14 and will begin the main program focused on the challenges of world security, including global governance, democratic resilience and climate security, among other issues. The second day of the forum are scheduled debates on the state of international order and regional conflicts and crises, as well as the future of NATO. On Sunday, the last day, the conference will conclude with debates about the role of Europe in the world.
The “stupor” of the West
The Russian Foreign Minister stressed that the administration of former US president, Joe Biden, and his “European” satellites have thrown out the dialogue, have discarded diplomacy as a method of communication with the outside, have passed to the language of threats , of the sanctions. “
It is also highlighted by the joint declaration issued by the European Union and its member states regarding the contact between Washington and Moscow, demanding their participation in the negotiations on the conflict. “We are looking forward to discussing the way to follow with our Americans. […] Ukraine and Europe must be part of any negotiation, “they argue, adding that their common goals must be to place kyiv in” a position of force. “
However, NATO general secretary Mark Rutte approved, although with certain reservations, Trump’s effort to end the Ukrainian conflict. “Clearly leaves the impression that it was a successful phone call on peace in Ukraine,” Routte said, insisting on the need “that Ukraine is in a strong position.”
In parallel, Western media also echoed the European reaction. Thus, Politico reported that European diplomats were dumbfounded at the conversation. “It was the time that Europeans and Ukrainians had been, if not years, fearing. […] The sudden and the magnitude of the Donald Trump’s peace plan left the allies of Ukraine in a state of ‘shock’, summarizes the medium. For its part, Bloomberg reported, citing sources aware of the subject, which Trump did not warn with in advance of the European authorities of his call to the Russian Head of State.
With current RT information
