Ukraine on the menu at the Munich Security Conference
The Ukraine dossier is on the agenda of the Munich Security Conference, which will be attended by more than 150 government representatives this Friday – including Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, US Vice President Kamala Harris and NATO head Jens Stoltenberg – and to which Russia in was not invited this year.
Western leaders should renew their pledge to support Kiev, both financially and militarily, for as long as it takes to repel Russian aggression that began on February 24, 2022.
In an interview with Agence France-Presse, the influential Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse considered it “possible” that an agreement could be reached in Munich on the delivery of fighter jets to Kiev.
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, who is also expected in Munich, has ruled out a diplomatic settlement of the conflict in an interview with the Funke media group at the present time.
“How could such an initiative work? Should the price of peace mean that Russia remains in Ukraine in the territories it occupies? ‘ he wondered, believing that this would not prevent the Kremlin from resuming its military offensive later.
On Saturday, the diplomatic heads of the G7 countries will also meet on the sidelines of the Munich conference.