Tatiana Firsova. The head of the Munich security conference, Wolfgang Ischinger considers the holding of meetings authorized countries of the so-called "channel four" in Munich is not very likely, but possible.
"I think the probability of meeting in the "channel format" in Munich is not the most great, but I do not exclude. I would rather wished to have conversations that would help the implementation of the Minsk agreement of September and brought them to step forward, " Ischinger said in an interview Last news . Conference in the Bavarian capital will be held from 6 to 8 February, "channel four" includes Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine. The last meeting of Ministers of foreign Affairs of the 4 countries was held in Berlin on 21 January.
According to the Ischinger, " in recent weeks there were a lot of negotiations at the level of Ministers of foreign Affairs ".
"Munich, Clearly, is a further opportunity to continue this or try to start it again after the incidents of the last days (Ukraine), of particular concern, which now, apparently, still ongoing," said the Chairman of the conference.
The Munich Conference was founded in 1963 as "the meeting authorized the military departments" of countries-members of NATO. Now it is an international discussion forum, a gathering of politicians, diplomats, military, business, academic and community leaders from more than 40 countries in the world (members of NATO and the EU, and countries that play an important role on the world stage - Russia, China, Japan, India and others). The 2015 event will be held from 6 to 8 February.
sections: Politics |