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The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) opened on Friday in Germany. About 150 senior officials, including over 40 heads of state and government, and leaders of international organizations are attending the three-day MSC to discuss pressing global security challenges and concerns, including the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Christoph Heusgen, chairman of the MSC, said at the opening ceremony that this year's conference would "put a spotlight on the Global South" and "listen to their concerns" as a record number of representatives from that part of the world are attending.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, addressing the MSC opening ceremony, also called for "new forms of international solidarity and participation" in the "multipolar world of the 21st century."
Acknowledging that reshaping the global order is a "huge emergency," French President Emmanuel Macron said that efforts should be made to make it "more inclusive."
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met Scholz in Munich on Saturday, and they agreed to sustain a "record level of international support for Ukraine", Reuters has reported.
"The Prime Minister stressed the need for allies to think not just about securing peace in the short term, but about strengthening Ukraine's long-term defenses," the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.
"The leaders agreed on the need to sustain the record level of international support for Ukraine. They agreed recent international offers of main battle tanks and other equipment would be transformational on the ground," the statement added.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on the sidelines of the MSC on Saturday, according to Azerbaijan State News Agency.
Prior to their talk, Blinken said he believes that "Armenia and Azerbaijan have a genuinely historic opportunity to secure an enduring peace after more than 30 years of conflict. "
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