00:00so good good morning today we will be discussing europe's continued military support to ukraine as
00:13well as the ongoing negotiations as well as european defense readiness as far as ukraine
00:19is concerned of course we would all like this unacceptable and a bloody war against ukraine
00:26to be ended as soon as possible for us it is important that the security guarantees are
00:34serious for ukraine nothing about ukraine without ukraine we see that ukraine is willing to negotiate
00:43as is showing this every day we would also like for russia to stop its maximalist demands which
00:52amount to ukraine's capitulation which is obviously not acceptable luxembourg has supported ukraine since
00:59day one will continue to do so this year our military support to ukraine has been the highest
01:05since the beginning of the war concerning european defense readiness we know that europe needs to step
01:11it up and we are we have been with edip and safe in place these are very important initiatives that will
01:19strengthen european defense industry it is important to increase our joint procurement and cooperation
01:29luxembourg has said from the beginning that support to medium and small enterprises is important and we
01:35also very much welcome that ukrainian defense industry is involved in these initiatives the flagship
01:43projects are very important so that we focus collectively on our most urgent needs for luxembourg the defense
01:52space shield is very important this is where we have expertise and this is also where luxembourg has
01:59added value finally i not only as defense minister but also as minister responsible for mobility very much
02:08welcome welcome the military mobility package this is also very important it's it's like a schengen for
02:15military mobility and i look forward to discussing this in the various for both for mobility and defense
02:21finally just to say that for luxembourg and nato remains the bedrock of our collective defense of our collective
02:29deterrence and strengthened european pillar within nato is in the interest of the entire alliance thank you very much
02:38ukraine is running out of money how can you make sure that this doesn't happen we need to step up our
02:44support we have been uh as i said luxembourg this year has its highest contribution of military support
02:51since the beginning of the war and colleagues from other alliance partners and european member states need
02:59to do the same how do you want to break the deadlock on the negotiations regarding the reparations law
03:04i think these discussions are ongoing um it's uh will be on the agenda also of the european
03:13council luxembourg will be very constructive i think what is important for us is that we have
03:18legal security and also are sure that financial stability is maintained thank you do you trust
03:26do you trust the americans that they will reach a good solution well i think it's in the interest of
03:33long-term security and sustainable peace that we are all in the same boat on this that we don't work in
03:41different directions and that we work together without uh sustainable peace there will be no peace and
03:48uh this would also be in the interest of uh our american allies thank you
04:04you
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