A michael local welcome to d w special coverage of the Munich Security Conference the annual event brings together World Leaders top ministers and experts the 1st day of talks have already shown potential progress talks between the u. S. And the taliban may lead to a fresh Peace Process for afghanistan and an unprecedented meeting between chinese and vatican diplomats has taken place for the 1st time in decades one topic has dominated the conference fears that the western powers could be losing their unified front on friday germanys president warned that a lack of western solidarity was fueling global insecurity todays panel is set to tackle that topic with nato chief u. N. Stoltenberg and u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei oh joined by pretentiously the Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov we also. Understand that mark esper the u. S. Defense secretary may also be at the talk today at the event in munich we have de w. s chief Political Editor me. And here in the studio im joined b
Wrong the bottom line on u. S. Politics and policy is a matter of fact on the world. Who runs afghanistan after the disputed president ial Election Results and how will that impact the talks with the taliban with ashraf ghani declared the winner by the smallest of knowledge and this is opponent top dollar abdullah says hell form a parallel of ministration the u. S. Wants to pull out while pushing for peace at the same time after 40 years of war and conflict how will the key players resolve this latest crisis this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dalby now in 2014 their rivalry resulted in the u. S. Brokered deal to share power which was punctuated by 5 years of bickering and now after afghani and Abdullah Abdullah are again disputing an election result danny is officially the winner but only just and thats rejected by abdullah who shares power with the president as chief executive he is now threatening to form his own parallel government this political showdow
Perhaps we shouldnt have. I think the days of occupying nations and reconstruction with the hope that jeffersonian democracy is going to plant seeds and roots, it may have been naive. Its a very primitive country, afghanistan. Ive been there many times. So my question, as i advise the president on syria, a residual force to protect the homeland, i dont think we can afford to stay in these countries forever and occupy them forever. I think the most important thing we can do is to have a residual force of some sort to take out terrorist threats to the homeland in a counterterrorism mission. Maybe we lost sight of what our mission was in the first place, and so i guess and i know youre not here to report on policy, per se, but id like your comments on dha, and to that end, what programs have been most effective at counterterrorism in that mission . Congressman, i think thats an excellent question, and i can bring you up to the line to policy. And i leave the policy for you. You have to re
A plea from the Congolese Army chief after stopping an angry crowd marching on another u. N. Base. Through the central philippines ripping roofs from homes and damaging an airport. Hello turkeys president says he will oppose natos defense plan for baltic countries and poland unless it recognizes the groups ankaras fighting in syria as terrorists. Expect unconditional solidarity in the fight against the mainly kurdish fighters he made that warning ahead of a nato summit in london thats already set to be dominated by internal divisions. Nato needs to act in a proactive manner against threats posed by terrorist organizations its inevitable that need to the need of readjusting its against terrorist threats they expect the allies to display strong cooperation with us in the threats. Lets bring in jonah how hes joining us from london how is that warning by the turkish president likely to go down at the nato summit. Well it certainly does set this up as the issue that is likely to be the main
Hello turkish president says he will oppose nato as defense plan for a baltic countries poland unless it recognizes the groups ankaras fighting in syria as terrorists. Expect unconditional solidarity in the fight against the mainly kurdish fighters the warning comes ahead of a nato summit in london thats already set to be dominated by internal divisions. Nato needs to act in a proactive manner sportbike terrorist organizations its inevitable that need to the need of readjusting its against terrorist threats they expect us to display strong cooperation with the. Lets cross over to join a whole joining us from london how early comments likely to go down at that nato summit. Well the 1st glimpse we may get of a reaction will be in the next hour or so when Jens Stoltenberg the secretary general turns up at the u. S. Residence at u. S. Ambassadors residence behind me for breakfast with donald trump though the pair may not speak until sometime later in the day but said the evidence here of t