The Munich Security Conference is deadlocked in finding answers to important international crises
| In an article, a German publication addressed the helplessness of the participants of the Munich Security Conference to find a suitable answer to international crises, including the Ukraine issue, relations with Russia, and the Gaza war. |
Here the question is whether Ukraine can resist the Russian invaders? What will be the fate of the Middle East conflict? When it comes to the major current and decisive issues, there is confusion at the Munich Security Conference.
This is an urgent warning that “Volodymyr Zelensky”, the President of Ukraine, gave to the most important meeting of politicians and security policy experts. He addressed his allies. Speaking at a security conference at the weekend, Ukraine’s president said: “We must act together as a team. If Ukraine stands alone, then you will see what will happen: Russia will destroy us, the Baltic He will destroy, he will destroy Poland – he is able to do it.” In his speech at the Munich Security Conference, he called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “monster”.
This report continues: Zelensky came to Munich to once again discuss the dramatic situation in which his armed forces are fighting. Against the Russian invaders, it is quite clear to our European allies. Shortly before his speech, the Russians captured the city of Avdiyka in eastern Ukraine, a major setback for Kiev. Ammunition is running low in the country, and there is a shortage of long-range weapons, such as the German Taurus cruise missiles, which Ukraine has been waiting for in vain since its request in May.
2024 is expected, Zelensky said. It has the reaction of all of us. These statements of the President of Ukraine refer to European allies, but above all, the United States of America, which has been the largest supplier of arms to Ukraine so far, is addressed. There have been no new military aid commitments from there for months. A package worth 60 billion US dollars (about 56 billion euros) is stuck in Congress. The Senate has agreed, but the higher hurdle is the House of Representatives, the second house of parliament.
About a dozen Republican members of Congress came to Munich. They are one of the most popular conversational partners out there. German Chancellor Olaf Schultz spoke to some of them, German Foreign Minister Analena Baerbock, and of course Zelensky as well.
American Republicans are not blocking the Ukraine package because of the Trump campaign. Republicans are skeptical of the Ukraine package because they believe it is not in their country’s best interest. For example, they prioritize the fight against illegal immigration from their country’s southern borders. Well, how much can the Europeans make up for it? No one has really prepared another plan B either. US Vice President Kamala Harris said after meeting with Zelensky: “There is only Plan A that will ensure Ukraine gets what it needs”. If Trump wins the US presidential election against Joe Biden on November 5, Europeans may face completely different fateful questions. The 77-year-old potential candidate made this clear just in time for the security conference by questioning military support for NATO allies who do not pay enough for their own defense.
However, Europe and In particular, Germany should become more independent in security matters, this is Trump’s message.
In Munich, the issue of the Middle East and the war in the Gaza Strip are also discussed. In dozens of behind-the-scenes discussions, senior politicians such as Schultz and Baerbok explored how to prevent further suffering for the civilian population and what a long-term solution to the conflict might look like.
But Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of the Zionist regime, one of the key players, was absent from the Munich guest list. Therefore, he should have been warned from a distance about the possible significant consequences of the Zionist regime’s planned ground operations in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, and he should have been reminded that a two-state solution is unacceptable from the West’s point of view.
“Yitzhak Herzog”, the president of the Zionist regime, who traveled to Munich as the highest representative of the Zionist regime, did not give hope to the participants of the security conference for a quick start of talks on a long-term peace solution. In response to the question of whether it is still possible to form a Palestinian state, he said: If we do not find real solutions to the issue of Israel’s security, this will not happen. Participating delegations say there were good discussions, but no real progress.
Ultimately, the most shocking and powerful moment of the security conference was Yulia Navalnaya’s spontaneous appearance on Friday afternoon, just hours after the announcement. The death of his wife was Alexei Navalny. In a short speech, he called on the entire international community to defeat the “terrible regime” of Russia.
The Russian government was not invited to the Munich Security Conference. There were some in Munich who saw Navalny’s death as Putin’s message to Ukraine and its Western allies in Munich. Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said in an interview with the German news agency that Putin is responsible as the person who makes all the decisions in Russia, adding: “I don’t think this is an accident.”
Possible consequences of Navalny’s death also It was discussed in Munich, and this quickly brought the participants back to Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said: “The best way to honor the memory of Alexei Navalny is to support Ukraine.” Germany’s WirtschaftsWoche newspaper also wrote in an article: “The fear of the United States disappearing is evident in all the speeches of the Munich Security Conference.” It is becoming increasingly clear that Europe will have to do without NATO’s most important military partner. But it will be expensive.
During her visit to Munich, US Vice President Kamala Harris spent considerable time criticizing Donald Trump’s deviations without naming names. But Harris can’t shake the fear of a NATO-rejecting Trump in the White House, even if he does his best in Munich.
More: Even behind the scenes, The champions of the Munich security conference have so far been unable to calm the uncertainty among their European partners that the former and potential new US president created a week ago. In an election campaign event, Trump explicitly asked Russia to attack NATO partners if it does not fulfill its financial obligations.
| Publisher | Tasnim News |
