(By Massimiliano D'Elia) After the flu symptoms, the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni in the coming days, according to an indiscretion reported by La Stampa, will be in Kiev to meet the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. Before taking the highly armored train that will take her to Kiev, she will stop in Warsaw to meet the premier Mateusz Morawiecki.
The flu unfortunately prevented her from participating in the Munich Security Conference where the interventions of the major world leaders alternated. China was represented by its top foreign policy official, Wang Yi who had stopped off in Rome a few days ago to meet our foreign minister, Antonio Tajani and the President Sergio Mattarella (main reason for the meeting, to revitalize Italian interest in the ambitious Chinese project, Belt & Roas Initiative for which Beijing has already spent over 900 billion euros in investment and infrastructure construction).
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In front of more than one hundred leaders and forty countries, Wang Yi spoke of a all-Chinese peace proposal"a document in which China will illustrate its position on the political solution of the crisis because this war cannot continue".
Wang Yi, taking Russian aggression towards another sovereign state as an example, emphasized that all countries must respect the UN Charter and sovereignty and territorial integrity, thus launching a dig at the United States on the issue ofTaiwan Island.
He addressed the United States with particular harshness when speaking of the story of the alleged spy balloons"on the balls they had an absurd and hysterical reaction, unacceptable "thundered Wang, accusing Washington of "dishonesty" and "abuse". And of “100% protectionism, 100% selfishness, 100% unilateral action” regarding export restrictions on semiconductors manufactured by Chinese companies. The Americans have "a wrong perception of China" and influence their allies. “We want the world to be a safer place and we work for peace”.
In an undisclosed location near Munich, Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese high representative Wang Yi. Biden had been clear days ago: "We don't want a cold war with China, but I won't apologize for shooting down balloons". Biden had announced to the world that he wanted to resume dialogue with Chinese President Xi.
On Chinese peace in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict USA remain wary and from the words of the vice president Kamala Harris they let it be known that "the United States is concerned that Beijing has deepened its relations with Moscow since the start of the war. Any move by China to lend lethal support to Russia would only reward aggression, continue killing and further undermine a rules-based order".
"Let's see what exactly the Chinese plan will contain. It's good that there is, because China plays an important role vis-à-vis Russia.", commented the foreign minister Antonio Tajani, on the sidelines of the summit, recalling that “Italy has asked China to work for peace” during the meetings in Rome. “There will also be a document that we will take to the United Nations next week - added -. We'll see if the two can be combined."
The President of the European Commission, From the Leyen and the British premier Altar gave a clear message to the international community: “we must hurry and double the military support to Ukraine“. The question of time becomes vital close to the third phase of the war announced by Moscow which will kick off in the next few days, probably immediately after or in conjunction with Putin's speech before the Duma on February 21st.
Foreign Minister of Ukraine kuleba he wanted to clarify to the Munich audience that Ukraine will never lay down its arms and that it wants peace but not at any cost and at this point it is right to take back Crimea as well, stigmatizing the fact that "there will be no more agreements like those of Minsk which did not save us from war, nor lines of contact. Russia will lose and Ukraine will win“. The clarification in the face of some hesitations of Western countries on the opportunity to face and support a long war of several years.
Kuleba then revealed what Westerners have never yet publicly admitted: “we will receive fighter jets from the allies, it will take longer than for tanks, we understand that, but the logic and sense of how the situation evolves will lead all of us to this decision".
The Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris he then publicly spoke about the war crimes committed by the Russians"Russian forces have pursued a widespread and systematic attack on a civilian population by carrying out gruesome acts of murder, torture, rape and deportation, including of children, summary executions, beatings, electrocution. They are all crimes against humanity”.
Trained the first Ukrainian soldiers by NATO
The first 635 Ukrainians have finished their training at a NATO base in Germany at the Grafenwöhr firing range. They familiarized themselves with new equipment and learned to move as integrated forces. In fact they are the crews of Bradley armored cars and self-propelled guns Miog Paladin.
Another 710 soldiers will make up the second echelon which will then employ i armored Stryker. Great Britain makes it known that it has trained over 10 and is ready to train another 20 with the help of partner countries.
London has, in a certain sense, confirmed the indiscretion about jets leaked by the Ukrainian minister Kuleba in Munich. England has said it is ready to guarantee a plan for the training of fighter pilots, specifying, however, to be used in the post-conflict phase.
Kiev's hopes are now pegged on the immediate sending of the leopard tank by a consortium of nations that have already come forward to supply. That would be at least 100 units.