A senior Ukrainian official said on Saturday that “China has a crucial role to play in achieving peace”, following a meeting with Beijing’s top diplomat in Munich. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and the head of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, Andriy Yermak, met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the Munich Security…
However, Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine-Russia talks, retired General Keith Kellogg, will not be in attendance, the officials said. The officials also said there are no plans for representatives from other major European powers to join the talks. That could rankle NATO allies which have publicly urged President Donald Trump to ensure they have a…
The meeting will take place on Monday, according to two EU officials. It was not immediately clear whether the meeting would involve all EU leaders, or only a smaller group of countries, and if other European leaders like U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer would also be invited. A French spokesperson was not immediately able to…
By Liz Lee China seeks stronger cooperation with Germany and EU BEIJING -China considers Germany and the European Union as a whole as strategic partners, and it wants stronger cooperation with them in the spirit of free trade and multilateralism, the Chinese foreign minister told the German chancellor on Saturday. Foreign Minister Wang Yi told…
With Chinese start-up DeepSeek and its artificial intelligence (AI) model shaking up the global tech sector, China’s top diplomat appeared to seize the chance to promote the chatbot at the high-profile Munich Security Conference. Immediately after his address to the forum on Friday, Foreign Minister Wang Yi quoted some ancient Chinese sayings as he talked…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that China will “play along to the end” if the United States is bent on suppressing the country even though Beijing does not wish to be in conflict with Washington. Wang, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, said China would respond resolutely to unilateral…
MUNICH (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday shot back strongly in defense of his stance against the far-right and said his country won’t accept people who “intervene in our democracy,” a day after U.S. Vice President JD Vance scolded European leaders over their approach to democracy. The German leader spoke with just eight…
US Vice President JD Vance defended billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk at the Munich Security Conference on Friday, dismissing allegations of election interference and likening Musk’s influence to that of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. “If American democracy can survive 10 years of Greta Thunberg’s scolding, you guys can survive a few months of Elon Musk,”…
US Vice President JD Vance has hit out at European leaders for undermining democratic values and said the greatest threat facing the continent was not from Russia and China, but “from within”. US Vice President JD Vance delivers his speech during the 61st Munich Security Conference, southern Germany on February 14.(AFP) JD Vance, while speaking…
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Air Force plane carrying Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, Sen. Jim Risch, to Germany for the Munich Security Conference was forced to return to Washington late Thursday after developing a mechanical issue. “This evening, en route from Washington to Munich, the plane on which…