Rubio Says World At 'Defining Moment'
Rubio Says World At 'Defining Moment'
China News | News Desk
MUNICH -- The world faces a "defining moment" as the geopolitical landscape shifts, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said before he arrived in Germany on February 13 for the Munich Security Conference (MSC), where European officials will be seeking clarity on how Washington is changing its relationship with the Continent.
The old world is gone -- frankly, the world that I grew up in -- and we live in a new era in geopolitics, and it's going to require all of us to sort of reexamine what that looks like and what our role is going to be," Rubio said in comments ahead of his departure from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
Rubio's appearance at the MSC -- which features hundreds of prominent European leaders, lawmakers, military officials, academics, and others -- comes a year after Vice President JD Vancestunnedthe annual conference with a tongue-lashing, accusing Europe of dangerous policies toward immigration and far-right political parties.
Underscoring trepidation in Europe, areportwritten by the organizers and published ahead of the conference spoke of the advent of "wrecking-ball politics" and declared, "The most powerful of those who take the axe to existing rules and institutions is US President Donald Trump." Rubio met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi for bilateral talks a few hours after arriving in Munich.
He said before departure that he would likely meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, although he was not "100 percent" certain.
Asked about ongoing Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, which have plunged hundreds of thousands into cold and darkness in winter, Rubio said this is why Washington is continuing peace efforts.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha told RFE/RL he expects to speak with Rubio as well.
"We will be interested [in continuing] our regular contacts at the highest levels," said Sybiha, who welcomed visitors including German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul to a drone exhibition at Ukraine House in Munich.
"Only Trump could end the war, only the American side," Sybiha told RFE/RL..
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