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When I spoke to Kellogg yesterday he didn’t say anything of that sort,
Of course, there comes a time when discussions have to begin. The president of the United States has begun those conversations with Putin. But the end state of this conversation is nowhere near, and everything is on the table,
I think in Europe we need to talk less and do more,
But this cannot happen unless there are clear security arrangements for Ukraine, where Ukraine takes the lead, where the EU supports and when the united where the United States provides a backstop, because the only thing that Russia and Putin understand is power,
Europe needs to get its act together. Europe needs to talk less and do more. What worries me is that we're seeing diplomacy, which is all over the place. I see a lot of people here who are upset and who are not happy with the situation. But my question is, okay, what are you going to do about it
The Americans have provided Europeans with a questionnaire on what would be possible,
Alexander Stubb said in a press conference at the Munich Security Conference, confirming a report by the Financial Times We now know we have to move Ukraine to a position of strength in the negotiations. But for that, we need a plan. And to me, it seems like no one really has a strategy for a plan,
I’m from the school of realism. I think that’s not going to happen."
Asked about Europe's involvement, he said You can have the Ukrainians, the Russians, and clearly the Americans at the table talking,
he told an event at the Munich Security Conference This will force Europeans to say that it's up to the Europeans to decide whether they actually answer the questionnaire or whether they answer it together,
I think the bottom line is very clear at the negotiating table, if there is a table, will be composed of Ukraine, Russia, the United States and Europe in one form or another,
It is absolutely clear, if we stick with the current numbers, we will not get there. We will not be safe (for) four or five years,
We need to create effects on the ground, create effects in terms of the plans, so that we get a seat at the table,
We hope that it will be clear what happened,
he said, offering his sympathies to the victims and wishing them a speedy recovery It has never been said before, and not even in that Washington summit statement, that when a peace deal would be done on Ukraine, that in that peace deal, it should be NATO, full stop. That is not the case,
Rutte told reporters at the Munich Security Conference on Friday On the contrary, we will have to do even more there,
the defence minister said Russia can then move troops, which means the threat is growing,