If Europe is excluded from peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, an agreement would not work, Kaja Kallas at the CNBC’s security conference said on Saturday at the security conference at the Safety Conference Munich.
“For everything to work, he must have Ukrainians and Europeans as part of it, because Ukrainians and Europeans are those who must also implement the agreement here in Europe, so without us, no agreement would work that, “she said Silvia Amaro of CNBC on the MSC key.
Kallas’ comments came after US vice-president JD Vance amazed at European officials on Friday when he delivered an excoriation discourse in European democratic institutions that slam the MSC and the state of freedom of expression in the region.
In his address, Vance said The threat to Europe has come from inside, rather than adversaries.
“The threat that I am most worried about for Europe is not Russia, it is not China, is not another external actor. What worries me is the Threat of the interior, “he said, adding that” Europe’s retirement from Europe of some of its most fundamental values, shared values with the United States of America.
Needless to say, the comments were encountered with stony silence in Europe and have been the strongest signal to date of an enlargement of the ideological and geopolitical fault between the two powers since President Donald Trump came to power .
The sooner EU responsible, Kallas, responded to Vance on Friday speech To say that it was as if the vice-president “tried to fight” with Europe.
“Listening to this speech, they try to choose a fight with us and we do not want to choose a fight with our friends,” Kallas said at the Munich event, Reuters reported.
Kallas told CNBC on Saturday that Europe “can face our own domestic problems, the things we have to discuss with our friends and allies are the way we oppose the threats that come from outside to both of us, to the transatlantic community “.
Finland Minister of Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen told CNBC that freedom of expression had always been appreciated in Europe and that she had hoped that Vance’s speech would have included more “ideas” on the way in ‘reach unity in the future.
“In the end, it is a question of freedom, and which calls into question freedom? These are autocrats like Russia and China and North Korea. Try to have this speech in Russia for example, in Speaking of freedom of expression or political participation, you would not have t A, “she told Silvia Amaro de CNBC at MSC on Saturday.
It also defended political plurality in Europe, noting that the continent was used for coalition governments which have often seen ideologically different parties work together.
“I guess what JD Vance wanted to bring yesterday is perhaps the frustration that he and the [Republican] The party has felt in the United States in recent months. But it is less than an article in Europe in fact, we have many parties in all countries and generally we also form coalitions for the government. Just like in Finland and we also have a populist party in the government in Finland, so it’s not like we’re excluding anyone from power either, “she said.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, can be seen on an instructor at the Munich security conference. The 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) will take place from February 14 to 16, 2025 at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich.
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The World Defense and Security Elite met in Munich for the three -day security summit in which discussions focused on the future of Ukraine, peace talks with Russia and the Remode the safety and defense architecture of Europe.
The summit occurs only a few days after Trump announced that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to start peace talksAnd that he had asked American officials to start the negotiations immediately.
The substance of these talks, and what conditions and compromise Moscow and kyiv – and the United States – are likely to require within the framework of these negotiations are a focal point for delegates to the MSC.
The role that Europe will play in discussions remains to be seen, despite the insistence of Ukraine that its most constant ally is included in talks.
In a speech at MSC on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on European allies to create their own army And to prepare more Russian assault in the future, saying that Russia “was not preparing for dialogue” to advance peace talks.
He also said that Kyiv had evidence, on which he did not develop, that Moscow was ready to send troops to Bélarus this summer.
