Ukraine tensions and Chinese balloons to dominate Munich security conference

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Political leaders and security wonks head for the `Davos of Defence’

From the conference’s Friday afternoon opening until Sunday, Russia’s year-old war in Ukraine will transform this corner of Munich into a hothouse of speeches, speculation and discreet diplomacy.

“There is an enduring commitment on behalf of the alliance, but it’s not without sacrifice that each country is doing that,” acknowledged Ms Harris to Politico ahead of her Munich trip, where she will meet with British, Finnish, German and Swedish leaders. “He is only Putin’s mouthpiece and our conference is too good to use as a platform for Kremlin propaganda,” said Heusgen, promising discussions instead with Russians who have fled their home.

They will also press attending officials, in particular from Turkey, to lean on Russia to stop hindering Ukrainian grain shipments under the Black Sea grain deal. The US delegation, along with Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg, hopes to sound out attending Turkish officials over Ankara’s ongoing veto on Sweden joining the defence alliance, amid fading hopes it will accede in parallel with Finland.

Russians aren’t the only uninvited guests: the Heusgen team has also ensured there will be no Iranian government representatives in Munich, in protest at Tehran’s crackdown on freedom protests.

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