EU must strengthen its defence: Munich Security Conference

Europe “cannot afford the luxury of waiting more to get European defence organised,” said the conference chairman.

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00:00 On many panels, European leaders have expressed NATO's commitment,

00:05 saying that they should strengthen European defense and that their countries will be more divided in that direction.

00:12 As for the American officials, they had a task here to convince their European colleagues

00:18 that America remains a global player, that it is also dedicated to NATO,

00:22 but also to believe that the package of military aid for Ukraine will be adopted in the Congress.

00:28 The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has also called for this several times.

00:32 When it came to the war in Gaza, we heard diametrically opposite opinions.

00:36 Qataris negotiators said that the agreement is not yet in place.

00:39 Israel does not accept, at least for now, the idea of a state solution,

00:43 while for the Palestinian delegation it is of essential importance.

00:47 I can say that most of the participants of this conference actually believe

00:50 that it is necessary to create a Palestinian state.

00:53 The Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also said that it is necessary to start peace talks as soon as possible.

01:03 And more interesting, on Friday, American politician Ian Bremmer said

01:07 that there is one positive news this year in the world,

01:10 and that it is precisely because of these global hot spots that America and China will not enter into conflict,

01:16 but will actually communicate better.

01:18 It seems that he was right.

01:20 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his American colleague Antony Blinken met,

01:25 and as was said after that, the conversation was open and constructive.

01:29 Natasha Ziolych-Banovich, Euronews, Munich.

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