This weekend the Munich Security Conference is being held, a meeting whose edition this year is marked by the crisis between Russia and Ukraine. In this meeting, world leaders have reminded Putin that he faces harsh sanctions if he maintains his offensive.
Along these lines, the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, has called for a “change of course” from Russia, asking it to move away from the border and stop “preparing for war”. “Freedom and democracy are in dispute and strategic competition is on the rise,” she said.
In addition, he believes that we are before “a new normal for which we must be prepared”. As a ‘message’, Stoltenberg has commented on Moscow’s attempts to “try to turn back history to recreate its sphere of influence”, a situation in which NATO will remain “united”.
For her part, the US Vice President, kamala harrisadvances economic measures that will be “direct, severe and united” together with the rest of the allies, with the objective of “Russia’s financial institutions and its main industries.”
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has also taken the floor along these lines, alluding to a “robust” package of sanctions. “The Kremlin’s dangerous thinking, coming from a dark past, may cost Russia a prosperous future,” she warned. The German Chancellor, Olaf Scholzhas asked to distinguish between “untenable demands” and “legitimate security interests”.
They did not attend this meeting Vladimir Putin or Joe Bidenwhich this Friday warned of danger of imminent invasion by Russia in Ukraine. Who is in the meeting is the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskywhich will hold different meetings in search of “concrete agreements”.
Source: Lasexta
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