00:00Europe stopped whining and started acting.
00:03I was a bit irritated in Munich that the reaction of many Europeans was, when the peace initiative
00:09was announced in the U.S., we are not involved, can we be at the table, et cetera, et cetera.
00:15And I said, organize yourselves, find yourself to a table, whatever that table exactly entails.
00:22That's why it was so important that we had General Kellogg visiting NATO headquarters
00:26and briefing the ambassadors last Monday.
00:29I think the meeting President Macron organized also has to be seen in that light.
00:34Somehow in Europe we are discussing how to organize the security guarantees into Ukraine
00:41post the peace deal, and that is a step-by-step process.
00:47As always in Europe, it never immediately brings you to a final joint conclusion, which
00:51is not a problem, because we still have some time.
00:54But I'm happy that at least in Europe we stopped whining and started acting, getting our act
00:59together, and our talks today also very much focused on this, so Paris was not a stand-alone.
01:05It is part of a bigger process.
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