Munich lays carpet for dignitaries to hold talks on global security issues

NewsBharati    19-Feb-2018
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Munich, February 19: With over 500 participants including UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, British Prime Minister Theresa May and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the 54th Munich Security Conference (MSC) closed on Sunday, leaving "a lot more work ahead" in addressing global security issues with the motto "To the Brink, and back?"

During the three-day event, an array of global security issues, such as conflicts in the Middle East, nuclear issue of Korean Peninsula, trans-Atlantic relations, European Union's efforts for deeper defense cooperation, were discussed.

Wonderful visions, ideas, resolutions, and initiatives were shared, such as China's One Belt One Road Initiative and a new security treaty between the European Union and Britain after Brexit.

MSC Chairman Wolfgang Ischinger continued, after this year's conference, we have known "what the new challenges are, ...what we want to avoid," but concrete steps to implement all the visions and ideas should be done after the conference.

"There is a lot more work ahead," said Ischinger.

Founded in 1963, the annual MSC has become a forum dedicated to promoting peaceful conflict resolution and international cooperation and dialogue