It would be “catastrophic” if the crisis between Russia and Ukraine degenerated into war, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday at the opening of the annual security conference in Munich, Germany, attended by numerous international leaders. .
Given the “concentration of Russian troops around Ukraine, I am deeply concerned about the increase in tensions and speculation about a military conflict in Europe,” Guterres said. If this happened, it would be “catastrophic”, he insisted, stressing that there should be “no alternative to diplomacy”.
High-level leaders meet in Munich (south) from Friday to Sunday for a series of meetings on defense and security.
This annual conference takes place amid tensions between Moscow and Western countries, which fear that Russian troops are preparing to invade Ukraine.
Among the participants are the US Vice President, Kamala Harris, her Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, the main heads of diplomacy of the European Union, the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, and the Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelensky.
Russia, normally present at this meeting, did not send representatives this year. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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