Leaders arrive at the Munich Security Conference

Описание: (13 Feb 2026)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

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Munich - 13 February 2026
1. Arrival of Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand
2. Arrival of Christine Lagarde, European Central Bank President
3. Arrival of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte
4. Arrival of UK Secretary of Defense John Healey
5. Arrival of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
6. Arrival of US delegation including US Ambassador to the UN Michael Waltz and US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker
7. Arrival of Danish Defense Minister Troels Poulsen
8. Arrival of Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Bueno
9. Arrival EU High Representative Kaja Kallas
10. Arrival of Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen smoking
11. Arrival of French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot
12. Various arrival of California Governor Gavin Newsom
13. Arrival of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha
14. Arrival of Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker
15. Arrival of Greenland Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt
16. Arrival of German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius
STORYLINE:
Top European officials have arrived for the Munich Security Conference on Friday, an annual gathering of top international security figures.

The conference opens with a speech by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, one of 15 heads of state or government from European Union countries expected to attend.

The many other expected guests at the conference, which runs until Sunday, include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

In keeping with the conference's tradition, there will also be a large delegation of members of the US Congress.

At last year's conference, held a few weeks into US President Donald Trump's second term, Vice President JD Vance stunned European leaders by lecturing them about the state of democracy on the continent.

With Rubio heading the US delegation this year, European leaders can hope for a less contentious approach more focused on traditional global security concerns.

Rubio is expected to meet with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen on the sidelines of the conference, according to officials from both sides, one of many bilateral meetings going on in and around the hotel that hosts the event.

Rubio arrived in Munich on Friday and is due to address the conference on Saturday morning.

Since last year's Munich conference, NATO allies have agreed under pressure from Trump to a large increase in their defense spending target.

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