s. secretary of state or antony blanket and the german foreign minister anna lena, bear back. sorry, we were again having a little bit of trouble there with our translation. we heard the main message for mentally bit blank and saying our collective aim is to seek a diplomatic pass and neutralize tensions deter the threat of a russian invasion of ukraine and to see dialogue with russia. that is something that the german foreign minister of course underline saying a millinery any millimeter progress is worth it, and she urge russia to take steps to deescalate the crisis. immediately. let's bring in our chief international editor, richard walker, who was listening into the press conference with us. hi richard. you know, as you said, this was very much an affirmation of unity as expected, but there were some interesting points to pick out there. so what's that out to you? well yeah, i think are absolutely the message of unity were, was very clear between the 2, both of them really at pains to stress, not just the unity of their positions, but just how closely coordinated they all

so anna, lena bear, bog, germany's new foreign minister will be not just going to moscow, but also going to key of to ukraine itself. partly to present herself as the formulas. so, but of course, this crisis is going to be absolutely top of the agenda. now there's one thing that the germans really want to achieve, and that is to get to revive one of the diplomatic for formats which had essentially almost died towards the end of last year, which is called the normandy format. and that is having the french, the germans, the russians, and the ukrainians all around the table as a means of trying to, to find solutions to the conflict over ukraine. now, the germs of the french are very keen to get this back up and running again. but we've also just heard from the ukrainians today that they want to start up talks between the ukrainians, the russians, and the americans. so we could have a certain matter of confusion about what is really the forum to try and make progress in this, in the weeks and months ahead. in a few words, if you can. i mean, is it with the rhetoric being so amped up at times

the rush, ukraine crisis, germany is picking up where natal left off. germany's foreign minister anna lena bear bock is on a diplomatic mission to de escalate tensions over russia's military build up on ukraine's border while the u. s. and the you have threatened to punish russia. it tries to invade. burbock said the only solution is through dialogue. ah, fears of a russian invasion of ukraine have jangled nerves in the region. after visiting a memorial to anti government protesters who died in 2014, on a lena bear box as any solution to the conflict, must come through dialogue, not arms, meeting ukraine's foreign minister. dimitra qu, labor burbock offered an explicit gesture of support for ukraine. zoe, daddy cheat solidarity only european solidarity for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine. del hyena. that is not up for debate, not for us, and not for me personally, but any further aggression would have a high price. his emphasized that to day, once again, as tradition island horn price, russia is building up its troops on the ukrainian border. both the european union un

germany's grain party are electing you ladies at a 2 day conference in berlin to replace former coaches. anna lena, bear bock and robert hobbit, who now hold ministerial positions in the government. it's the 1st time in 2 decades. the grains have been in power about they've already been embroiled in a scandal over cove at 19 payouts. as well as electing new leaders, the conference is meant to reassure members that the party is capable of steering germany in the right direction. and to bring in political correspond judy at south delhi, his at the great party conference, julia greens, electing new ladies, who are, they are the 1st leader has already been elected. her name is of it had the line she is 28 years old. she is one of the main representatives of the young and more less leading part of the, of the party. she is a feminist and she has been women, policy speaker for the party. and right here behind me is than likely other leader of the party. he is giving his candidacy speech right now. he is army, no be poor. he is 46 years old. he was born in iran and moved to germany as a child with his fa

this coalition, the social democrats of the chancellor, or love sholtes, and the green party of anna, lena burbock. and alina burbock, herself, has been a passionate opponent of this pipeline. there's not really a clear message from the government here in berlin yet, whether the pipeline will be used as some kind of leverage against russia. if russia does move to them, even more aggressive posture towards ukraine. this is really going be want to watch in the weeks ahead. aggregate richard richard walker. the dublin is chief international editor. let's take a look at some more stories making news around the world. prosecutors in ukraine have said to bail equivalent to $35000000.00 in their treason case against former president petra power shanker. appeared in court on monday hours after returning to care. one of ukraine's richest men, mister parish, jenko denies any wrong doing and says the charges are politically motivated. are caught in turkey, has acquitted german german, michelle, a total of terror related charges. she was detained in 20. 17 mchugh is a membership of an outlaw left wing

and then this week we've seen even more meetings or anna, lena bear, bach, for instance, the german foreign minister. she was in moscow to meet her counterpart there, sergey love ralph during the week. also the german chancellor. was he a meeting the nato secretary general here in berlin? and today, of course, berlin, once again, the center stage of the diplomatic activities going on with this meeting of what's called the transatlantic quad. this is a grouping that's not often really in the limelight but between germany, the u. k. france and the united states trying to show that all 4 of those big important nato member states are very much on the same page and all of that diplomatic activity. richard, back to the question, which we talked about a little bit earlier in the show, is any of this really having an effect as any of that moving the needle in terms of defusing, the situation, or the tensions of a russian ukraine? well, we certainly haven't seen any signs of attention diffusing so far. but for instance, analynn above the term for ministers. also some caution not have too high expect

well, it's not only chancellor schulz, of course, who's making policy, the foreign minister, anna lena burbach prior to the election had actually been quite outspoken in saying germany needs to take a tougher line vis a vis both russia and china. and if we look back a bit in in german history it was a green foreign minister, joschka fischer in 1999 who actually helped the green party breakthrough its ideological pacifism and back the nato bombing of serbia. yet we're not seeing similar action here from foreign minister burbach or could that change? well, i i think she has done quite a lot in the past few weeks to to actually make germany somehow visible invisible in in the world and especially in ukraine and in moscow with her visits there and the problem is that in fact, this, in this moment, we seem to have in the leadership of the so called traffic light coalition as the red for the social democrats, the green for the greens and the yellow for the free democrats, democrats and and the greens and the social democrats simply lack at this point in time these strategically thinking poli

okay, so what about anna, lena babcock, foreign minister from greens. well, she's very different. like her party. she's been all about putting human rights 1st . and she says, she really means that that's my, not my attitude to form policies that you campus you purely economic path. just saying nice things about how human rights are important. but then when it really comes down to it, not doing anything about it. and i'm not in a bad bach has talked about dialogue with toughness in describing her approach to try not she's called for lea a break in, in, in germany's approach so more outspoken on human rights. reducing economic dependencies on china. ok, so we have a head of government who doesn't want to rock the boat and we have a foreign minister who wants a tougher life. also in the makes a liberal finance minister who's pro human right. but close to the business community to this could get very complicated. remember all those ministries who couldn't agree on fall way. does this new government mean more of that kind of thing? we could see as sort of coffee, any of discordant sig

perceived threat of a russian invasion of ukraine. antony blinkin met with german foreign minister, anna lena bear, bock, and british and french counterparts. after a stopping cure of yesterday, mister blinkin will end his tour to morrow in geneva, where he's due to me, russian foreign minister, sir gay, laughed ralph. this meeting is widely viewed as one of the last attempts to stop rush and launching an attack on may bring you crate. or mr. lincoln said he and other european leaders were on the same page and looking for a peaceful solution to the conflict. our collective a, the goal that we share was to seek a diplomatic path to deescalate tensions caused by russia's massing of troops along against borders. to deter and prevent further russian invasion or disabled as ation of ukraine. and to address legitimate security concerns put forward by russia by the united states, by europe, through dialogue. not through regression and german foreign minister and amena burbock emphasize the importance of unity on this issue. in as i get is only 3 at stake is nothing less than piece in europe. it's ex

this coalition, the social democrats of the chancellor will have sholtes and the green party of anna lena bear book. and alina burbock, herself, has been a passionate opponent of this pipeline. there's not really a clear message from the government here in berlin yet, whether the pipeline will be used as some kind of leverage against russia. if russia does move to them, even more aggressive posture towards ukraine, this is really going be want to watch in the weeks ahead. i can about richard richard walker. the double is chief international editor in well former ukrainian president petra paula shanker, has returned to his country after a month abroad. he laughed after being charged retrieves and charges. he says we're trumped up by supporters of his proof of his successor presents zalinski. and mister portions go now risks arrests, but he says he wants to help defend his country against a possible russian invasion. he's landing not knowing whether he'll be arrested petracola. franco has flown back to ukraine with hefty charges of treason against him. and yet outside give airport, thousand

the question with the social democrats, the biggest party of generally been in favor the greens of anna lena bear book, the foreign minister there in moscow adamantly against the chancellor at the moment being relatively ambiguous about all of this, but this is going to be potentially a problem for bareback there in moscow with sergei lover of her opposite number knowing of these divisions in the german government. and of course, the threat of that kind of sanction is only credible if the other side really sees unity behind it. so, and of course, if a threat is not credible, then it's not that much of a stick. well, belk said she wants to revive her 4 way piece talks of the so called norman d format, which includes germany, france, ukraine, and russia. is it to load for that? well, critics would say yes, it certainly is too late. this format tried for years to, to find a solution to the problem. but it essentially ran into the ground towards the end of last year. and this is where this, this new level of the crisis has emerged. what the germans would say in its defense is that it's still imp

watching a press conference between a secretary of state, tony blink, him and his gem accounts are anna, lena bear, bog, trying to get essentially the, the western ducks in a row. before tony blinking goes to talks in geneva with his russian counterpart, sega level of aimed at trying to find a diplomatic way through this crisis between a russia and the west, over over ukraine. in terms of interesting things that came out of the press conference just now i think you'll see the main message that the 2 sides had was one of unity that they see. absolutely. i to why on the situation here, that incident, putting all of the blame on russia for creating this escalate re situation with those 100000 troops on the ukrainian border saying that nato and the wester. absolutely, united in pushing back against, sat in rejecting that and saying that there would be very high costs for russia if it went ahead with, with any military action against ukraine. alina bab walker, criticizing russia for further, potentially escalating the situation recent days with, with the signal that it's sending troops into belaru

getting even ah, ah, i'm soon we so much gun that's good to have you with us. german foreign minister anna lena bab box says she is ready for a serious dialogue with russia in an effort to deescalate the crisis on the ukrainian border. bareback is in t uh today for talks with her ukrainian counterpart. she underlined at germany support for ukraine. they also discussed the build up a russian troops on ukraine's border here. this call for brilinta supply it with weapons and disagreements over the north stream. 2 gas pipeline and bareback travels to moscow on tuesday. i'm not sure. let's get some more perspective on the story. we can speak to robin wagner. he's a member of the german parliament with the green party. that is of course, foreign minister there box a party. mister wagner. thank you for joining us here on d. w. the foreign minister and alina babcock has gone to ukraine to show a message of solidarity with key as but can germany really make a difference in these tensions between russia and ukraine right now? yes, germany can make a difference and it's not only germany, but it's the hold

waiting to be found back to our top story now, and we are waiting for the german foreign minister, anna, lena burbock, and us secretary of state anti blinking to make an appearance. these pictures are live in berlin right now. we're waiting for the to, to come out to start a press conference shortly. they've been holding bilateral talks on the escalating crisis on ukraine's border. and it comes after president biden said on wednesday. he believes an attack by russia is likely likely. that is the message we've heard echoed across the u. s. administration. the west has warned moscow would pay a high price if it were to invade ukraine. and each commission president was our funder line, repeated that warning today saying europe would respond to a russian attack with quote, massive economic and financial sanctions and saying that europe is prepared. okay, we're keeping an eye on that press conference. let's bring in our chief international editor, richard walker, who's following all of this. so for us, i, richard, you know, we have seen this, this incredible flurry of diplomatic activity last week

and when anna lena was here, room on a visit, i touched upon the tissue, but i guess the delegation heard me look when she muscles. and once this conversation is over, i'm going to napoleon when you had a telephone conversation with anna leno once again. and i'm gonna to him, i'm gonna remind her of that. i intended to do that or, oh my god, give it please. yes, minister, lovegrove windshield, stop, watch with, with combo. the u. s. is witnessing a new scandal. cnn has money for food in life, washing published discovery, which, you know. hm was go report journalists, component brought. you are citing an alleged telephone conversation between biding nancy lansky allegedly biting was shouting out zelinski, trying to convince him that unless the landscape changes, his position on don bass case is gonna be. oh, so i'm afraid to put on war brylin watching the minute come that we joke and we will proceed under siege. and then it's gonna be taken with an when plundered and pillaged. and after this scandal broke out, the air dump report was taken down from the scene and website right issue. but w

as anna lena bear, barclay, relatively new, very new, shall have been the job one week. the german foreign minister takes questions there . she was saying to tony, as in antony, blinking, we're putting in the same direction. the chorus is regarding the nuclear topic on iran. the window of opportunity continues to close. that was mirrored word for word almost by mr. blink. and the u. s. secretary of state on the issue to do with russia and russia, amassing its forces across the border on the outside of the ukrainian border. he said we are seeking a diplomatic path through dialogue, not through aggression on russia. we had frank and direct talk speaking and acting with one voice. we are, he said, when it comes to russia, he was talking about the so called chord discussions taking place. the americans, the germans, the french, the brits, and also the european commission special envoy to that region. joseph barrell, dominic cane is our berlin correspondent, dom bit of a worry that they're having a meet and greet and get to know you conversation. and a 6 weeks after the kreml

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