it s also struggled for years with pro russian rebels. moldova s president said hosting the summit, just 20km from ukraine s border, was a show of solidarity with kyiv. president zelensky has been at the gathering where he emphasised once again that ukraine should be allowed to join both nato and the eu urgently. every european country that borders russia and that does not want russia to tear it apart, should be a full member of the eu and nato. and there are only two alternatives to this either an open war or creeping russian occupation. our correspondentjenny hill is in chisinau for us. today was largely about symbolism, as is often the case with this kind of summit. it s no accident that those european leaders chose to meet here in moldova. of all of ukraine s neighbours, it arguably has the most reason to feel vulnerable in the wake of vladimir putin s full scale invasion of ukraine. moldova is a former soviet state. it s wedged between ukraine and the eu. for many ye
moldova s president said hosting the summit just 20km from ukraine s border, was a show of solidarity with kyiv. president zelensky has been at the gathering where he emphasised once again that ukraine should be allowed to join both nato and the eu urgently. every european country that borders russia and that does not want russia to tear it apart, should be a full member of the eu and nato. and there are only two alternatives to this either an open war or creeping russian occupation. our correspondentjenny hill is in kishi no for us. today was largely about symbolism, as is often the case with this kind of summit. it s no accident that those european leaders chose to meet here in moldova. of all of ukraine s neighbours, it arguably has the most reason to feel vulnerable in the wake of vladimir putin s full scale invasion of ukraine. moldova is a former soviet state. it s wedged between ukraine and the eu. for many years it s been heavily dependent on moscow for fuel, forf
richard betts is a senior fellow for national security studies at the council on foreign relations. he told me more about the importance of asia to global security. importance of asia to global securi . . ., . security. that importance has been going security. that importance has been going for security. that importance has been going for quite - security. that importance has been going for quite some . security. that importance has i been going for quite some time. there is also a difference now between the temporary priority that the war in ukraine is making in washington, and the recognition that the long term priority is our relations in asia, both economic and security. the problem of balancing the interests and cooperation for economic reasons with the interests in a more steadfast policy towards security reasons is the prime issue for american foreign policy beyond ukraine. indeed, and the us policy beyond ukraine. indeed, and the us china policy beyond ukraine. indeed,
lloyd austin is making another trip to asia are we seeing a growing importance of asia to washington? that importance has been growing for some time and there is a difference between the temporary priority that the war in ukraine is making in washington and the recognition that the long term priority is our relations in asia both economic and security. and the problem of balancing the interests and cooperation for economic reasons with the interests in a more steadfast policy towards china for security reasons is the prime issue for the american foreign policy beyond ukraine. the us china tensions policy beyond ukraine. the us china tensions remain - policy beyond ukraine. the us china tensions remain very - policy beyond ukraine. the us| china tensions remain very key to this summit. at china s defence secretary, li shangfu choosing not to meet with the us counterpart this weekend, what did you make of that? is a