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Feb 14 5 tweets 1 min read Read on X
FT: Rubio skipped the Berlin Format meeting on Ukraine in Munich on Friday, cancelling at the last minute due to “scheduling conflicts.”

Sen. Peter Welch (D): It’s confirming our allies’ worst fears. They’re on their own. When Trump says Europe is on its own, he means it. 1/ Image
The meeting included leaders from Germany, Poland, Finland and the European Commission.

One European official called Rubio’s cancellation “insane.” Another said the meeting lacked substance without U.S. participation. 2/
FT: Rubio was “engaging on Russia-Ukraine in many of his meetings here in Munich.” Ukraine was the central topic, including negotiations with Russia and continued military aid for Kyiv. 3/
Rubio also discussed NATO and Europe’s role in the alliance. He commended Germany’s efforts to strengthen NATO. 4X

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Feb 14
Chinese FM Wang Yi on Ukraine: Europe should not be on the menu, but at the table.

The war is in Europe — Europeans have every right to be at the negotiating table.

Beijing supports Europe talking to Russia.

1/
Wang Yi: I do not believe that the situation in the Asia-Pacific is becoming increasingly tense.

In fact, Asia is probably the only region that maintains overall peace.

2/
Wang Yi: The Japanese PM said a Taiwan contingency could trigger collective self-defense. This is the first time in 80 years that a Japanese leader has made such remarks.

It violates China’s territorial sovereignty and Japan’s commitments to China.

China cannot accept this.

3/
Read 5 tweets
Feb 14
Rubio: We want Europe to be strong. Our destinies are intertwined. The great wars of the last century proved that Europe’s fate is never irrelevant to America’s own.

The fundamental question is: what exactly are we defending? 1/
Rubio: For us Americans, our home may be in the Western Hemisphere. But we will always be a child of Europe.

Together, we rebuilt a shattered continent in the wake of two devastating world wars. The free West linked arms to defeat Soviet communism. 2/
Rubio: The UN has tremendous potential, yet on the most pressing matters it had no answers and played virtually no role.

It could not solve Gaza. It could not solve Ukraine. It took American leadership to free captives and bring adversaries to the table. 3/
Read 6 tweets
Feb 14
In Munich, the US says it abandons the global rule-based order, but will revitalize the Western way of life (by force, if necessary)!

Rubio: The euphoria of triumph in Cold War led us to a dangerous delusion. That the rules-based global order will replace national interests. 1/
Rubio: We can no longer place the so-called global order above the interests of our people and our nations.

We do not need to abandon the system of international cooperation we authored. But these must be reformed and rebuilt. 2/
Rubio: We in America have no interest in being polite and orderly caretakers of the West’s managed decline.

We do not seek to separate, but to revitalize an old friendship and renew the greatest civilization in human history. 3/
Read 7 tweets
Feb 14
Rubio: We don’t know if the Russians are serious about ending the war in Ukraine. They say they are.

We don’t know under what terms they’re willing to do it, or whether terms acceptable to Ukraine would ever be accepted by Russia. But we’re going to continue to test it. 1/
Rubio on Ukraine peace talks: Here’s the good news. The issues that must be confronted to end this war have been narrowed.

The bad news is they’ve been narrowed to the hardest questions to answer. And work remains to be done on that front. 2/
Rubio: It would be geopolitical malpractice not to engage China. Our national interests will often clash.

We expect China to act in its own interest, as we do in ours. The purpose of diplomacy is to manage those conflicts and strive to resolve them peacefully. 3X
Read 6 tweets
Feb 14
Sikorski: Russia is not capable of conquering Europe.

Since it cannot conquer the Donbas for 4 years.

[Actually, for 12, as for this moment]

1/
Sikorski: Russia had a strategic choice: become an ally of the West or a vassal of China.

Beijing must be pleased.

Russia is burning its national wealth on Chinese goods and growing weaker by the day.

2X
Read 4 tweets
Feb 14
Zelenskyy: Trump talks about compromises.

Putin and his circle are not in prison, that’s the biggest compromise the world made.

We agreed to a ceasefire. Putin refused.

1/
Zelenskyy: I am younger than Putin, it’s important.

He does not have much time left.

2/
Zelenskyy: I don’t think Russia wants to stop the war.

They could — but only under real pressure. Right now, the pressure isn’t enough, so they’re playing games.

The US is trying to pressure both sides.

3/
Read 7 tweets

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