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No one wants more peace, than the people of Ukraine, but what they want is a just and a lasting peace,
von der Leyen said
Ukraine is a sovereign country and Ukraine determined its own future by asking for accession to the European Union. That's where it all started. And the response was an invasion by its neighbor Russia,
von der Leyen saidSo for us, because of all of this, it is very clear that we will continue to support Ukraine,
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Davos is unique in bringing together close to 3,000 decision makers from governments, business, and civil society at the beginning of the year to address the challenges of a world in deep transformation,
said Klaus Schwab, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees in the buildup to today2025 marks 50 years of our Union's diplomatic relations with China. I see it as an opportunity to engage and deepen our relationship with China, and where possible, even to expand our trade and investment ties,
von der Leyen said on stage in DavosTogether with Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi we want to upgrade the strategic partnership with the largest country and democracy in the world,
von der Leyen saidWe will be pragmatic, but we will always stand by our principles,
von der Leyen said in her opening address at the gathering of the world's elites in SwitzerlandThe cooperative world order we imagined 25 years ago has not turned into reality. Instead, we have entered a new era of harsh geo-strategic competition,
von der Leyen saidWe stand by Ukraine for as long as it takes,
von der Leyen said
Protectionism leads to nowhere, and there are no winners in a trade war,
Ding said in Davos, calling multilateralism "the right path for maintaining world peace and promoting human development.".jpg)
Can you imagine how many lives have been ruined over the years by the propaganda of this nonsense?”
Zakharova asked
Zelensky wants to make a deal. I don’t know if Putin does. But he should,
Reiterating his intention to meet with Putin face to face in the near future, Trump said
Many institutions, read IMF, or media and politicians, talked quite positively about narratives of Putin [about the state of the Russian economy]. But we know that the economy in Russia is quite bad. We know that sanctions work, and thatʼs why we really need to continue with sanctions."
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I have another half of the day left,
Trump joked, then added
I think, Russia is kinda in big trouble. You take a look at their economy, you take a look at their inflation in Russia. I got along with [Putin] great, I would hope he wants to make a deal,
he addedWe have numbers that almost a million Russian soldiers have been killed. About 700,000 Ukrainian soldiers are killed. Russia’s bigger, they have more soldiers to lose but that’s no way to run a country,
he addedHe’s grinding it out. Most people thought it would last about one week and now you’re into three years. It is not making him look good,
Trump saidNATO should pay more. NATO should be paying 5%,
Trump said while repeating his demand that NATO should increase defence spendingRussia is the aggressor in this conflict, but this war needs to end. And ultimately, that’s the complexity of foreign policy,
he said
We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars we end and most importantly, the wars we never get into,
said Trump, who used to repeatedly claim that