Kallas visits Berlin for talks with Pistorius on Ukraine, the Arctic and defending Europe
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas held talks in Berlin with German defence minister Boris Pistorius as challenges to the future of European and global security continue to mount.
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00:00The European Union's Foreign Policy Chief Gaia Galas met with Defense Minister Boris Pistorius in Berlin on Tuesday.
00:10Galas was welcomed with military honors in a wreath-laying ceremony before she and Pistorius discussed continued financial and military support for Ukraine and what Pistorius described as the Arctic question.
00:22Pistorius stressed that Germany would continue to support Ukraine and quote will not abandon Kyiv, pointing to the 11.5 billion euros Berlin is providing to Ukraine this year.
00:35He also condemned Russia's drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure, which has left hundreds of thousands of households in the city and region of Kyiv without electricity.
00:52And in addition to Ukraine, the two also spoke about the Trump administration's threats to annex Greenland.
01:19Now on the state of transatlantic relations, which has been much of a subject recently.
01:27The United States is an indispensable ally, but it's also clear that our relations are not as good as they used to be.
01:36In every alliance, there are moments of open disagreement, but Europe will not junk 80 years of transatlantic relations.
01:43From Gaza to the fight against ISIS to China's coercive economic practices, Europe and the U.S. are stronger when we act together.
01:55According to a survey commissioned by German magazine Stern, a majority of Germans would support military action in an emergency if Denmark were to invoke the alliance's mutual defense clause.
02:07Galas and Pistorius declined to comment on the possible deployment of ground troops or on any potential triggering of the alliance clause.
02:16Saloon at least principio fuerted as opposed to German national security flow andRABAN
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