7.20am: Baltic leaders in Berlin on Thursday
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is hosting the leaders of the Baltic states, former Soviet republics that have become members of NATO, in Berlin on Thursday, at the forefront of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and the fear of war on Europe’s borders.
“The mission is to ensure security in Europe and I believe that we will achieve this,” the German chancellor said on Wednesday, showing optimism by assuring believe in the “progress” born from the resumption of intense diplomatic exchanges between Russia and the West.
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