 බණණු අසමා, එය තිතෑ හ මේරටිය මේ්ෙවසය මේරටිල් හැක්භාරූ, බැගයින අස Phantomහා �究好像 පබ්මෑ නැටද預තාරය එය them both mekanism like we did in with the vaccines so that the European countries will provide funds European Commission will procure and then it will say it will be sent directly to Ukraine because the price goes up with every delay with every hesitation and that could speed up the process so that Ukraine will give or get the military aid in months not in years. Second we have to definitely proceed with the international tribunal for the aggression crimes and I don't support the hybrid tribunal because it's a trick it's a trap to leave Putin out of this responsibility and I think it's a very wrong message because he's the one who is responsible he's the one who has decided to attack Ukraine and clearly he has to be taking also accountable. And third the frozen assets we need the European solution to proceed with the use of frozen assets and we have been figuring out as I'm a lawyer by profession I've been trained to find solutions so it could be done so that Russia has a claim to Europe because the assets are frozen we have the assets. Russia is destroying Ukraine so Ukraine has a claim towards Russia so if we give those amounts of assets that we have or the funds that we have from those assets to Ukraine we know that we have you know Russia has a claim to us and we can make a settlement later on because Ukraine has a claim towards Russia to repair what they have caused all the damage. In Ukraine so it could be done in this way but we definitely need a European solution because you know it's only alone we don't have much those frozen assets but together we have and very positive that also other countries outside European Union are looking for solutions is not okay that our taxpayers are paying for the damages that Russia is causing in Ukraine. We don't have those planes so so it is not up to me to say of course if we would have we would help Ukraine with all the means we have so it's up to those countries to say who have who have the planes. We already have our our team is already in Turkey we sent the team already two two days ago it's only small we can make decisions fast so we we sent 45 rescue workers together with their equipment to Turkey already two days ago. We have sent to Turkey 40 45 not not to Syria we are a small country we can we can send one one rescue mission this is this is all we have. I think this is very important that we discuss that having the or protecting the borders is a common issue and not only the issue of those countries who have the borders so so we should do a common effort also from the European Commission side to fund those borders. The other thing that we have to discuss is the instrumentalization of migration because we see this more often are or people outside or countries who are hostile towards Europe. They know very well that migration is a weakness so they are using migration as a tool to weaken us and and this has to be clearly set out that we don't accept this. Excuse me. Yes funds for protecting the borders. I mean when European Commission president was in Estonia I was showing also the border that we have with with Russia so it is our common border is the European Union border and it's not only our obligation to protect it but it's actually common common problem from for all the. Borderline countries. The question actually is about really the the agreements with those countries to take people back who don't have the right to asylum and and the rate to take back the migrants is very low it's 24%. So we have to you know do agreements with those countries so that they would take their citizens back and and it is it is also clear message that it's it's not so easy to come to Europe and stay here. You can only come when you have the rights to come like in the United States it's done before they come to the United States. Excuse me. I think both both work but so far the the carrots have been working so that those countries you know have the tools to deal with the core issues why why people are migrating or trying to get out of the country. I mean there was a good saying that the quality of a country is seen by either people wanting to get in or out of the country coming from the occupied territories of Soviet Union. I know this very well that that everybody wanted to get out. Nobody wanted to get in really. As I said before we don't have fighter jets so it's up to those democratic countries to decide whether they can. But it's my plea that everyone should do what they can because the price will go up with every hesitation with every delay if you think if we would have given all that we are giving now already in January all the countries. I think the outcome would have been different. So so I hope that if those countries can they they will but it's their decision. OK. The accountability I mean the tribunal and then the promise that people who are responsible for this are taking accountable or held accountable. I think this is very important than also the message that that you know we will try to do everything possible to help Ukraine rebuild Ukraine afterwards. And that also includes the reparations from Russia to rebuild Ukraine and therefore the use of frozen assets. And what we are also doing is sanctioning or criminalizing also the the circumvention of sanctions. I think this is also very important not that only that we put in place the sanctions but they sanctions are not circumvented and they really work. We know from our intelligence that the sanctions hurt and actually Russian economy is suffering. And that is important that you know the war machine is not filled any any possible way. OK. Thank you. Good morning. We come here today together to put a sign of solidarity and unity at the support of Ukraine. A very important thing that we have now since the outbreak of the war is now almost a year has passed. It is therefore very good that we can discuss with the Ukrainian president and this signal of unity of solidarity can be sent out once again and be able to show that we support Ukraine in defending its independence and integrity will continue as long as it is necessary. Germany will make its contribution to this. We are among the EU countries while the country gives the most support financially humanitarian but also very specifically the most support when it comes to weapons delivery. This is necessary so that Ukraine can defend itself just as it is necessary that this is always coordinated together and not alone. I am very happy that this is the attitude that we will hold here in Europe again today. By the way, it is about the central questions of European sovereignty. We have to solve the problems we are facing and the challenges we are facing. This is particularly the question of modernization of our economy, innovation, how we create the climate change that people make and to rebuild our industry so that it is successful, creates good jobs and at the same time keeps up the climate change. And this is of course also about modernization issues that are connected with digitalization. In this way, this is a central topic that we will discuss today and where we will also describe at the end of the day the question of how we can use our existing possibilities to act together and how we can ensure at the same time that Europe can be in the international competition. We will ask our American friends that they are not discriminated against by the measures they take against the European countries. And I am also very confident that this will work for us because we will show unity and closeness here in this question. It is also important that we are at the great challenge that are connected with the topics of air migration, develop common perspectives. I think it is possible that this is now the time to meet, conference to conference decisions are being made, but where we in the end define common goals that can be translated into practical policy in this year. It is very clear that an important common activity must always be that we come to understanding between the European Union and the origin states of many refugees and that we achieve that the ones who are not successful in the protection of Europe can call the asylum protection, for example, to return to their origin countries. This is connected with our perspective that we, without a doubt, have a common interest in what air migration is about. It is also important that we come to understanding between the European Union and the European Union, and that we can achieve a good thing for the countries where many people come today, who are striving for Europe on irregular roads and who need the experience of the European countries. I think it is right that we have found a good common formulation here. The Commission has also found a good one here. We have set a very clear signal. The signal contains a European perspective. In the sense of contribution, the status of the data for the Ukraine and the Ukraine can also be considered as a georgian. And we have now clearly found a tempo in the question of the six-west Balkan state. We want that this will succeed. Of course, this means that every single country has to meet the criteria that we have as our idea of ​​righteousness, democracy and social market economy. This applies to everyone, but everyone is very tired. I would like to say that such a story cannot be continued and cannot be repeated. In the last 20 years, in Thessaloniki, the West Balkan state has been said that the members of the European Union can all think that this is the case in two to eight years. Now we are in the 20th year, so we have to have a clear tempo. But also do our own housework, which is our decision process. Europe feels with the victims of the earthquake disaster in Turkey and Syria. We are with the relatives, with the friends who have lost their favorite. And we are also with our whole heart in Turkey. And we will do everything that can be organized here quickly, in a community way. And that we can do everything that can be rebuilt, what can be destroyed. Why do you hope that this will last for a long time? We are very fast. And Germany makes a very central contribution to the fact that we provide a quick support, as well as in the past. We are now trying to let the many others who have reported in the past show this finger on practical data. We have a clear attitude towards Europe in view of the process of the perspective for Europe. And I think that is what I have just experienced, how we see each other together. We have made a clear statement in relation to Moldova, in relation to Ukraine, the perspective for Georgia, and also in the hands of the six Western countries. And otherwise I look forward to the next events. Ukraine, the green light that we want them to join the European family. I think it's in our interest that we actually work towards opening up the formal negotiation process to show the light to the Ukrainian people that we really want them. And of course, also to help them go through all the reforms that they will still need to do. So as we are helping them win the war in Ukraine, we also have to open the door wider for them to move closer to Europe as a whole. I think it's important for every country, every country's military to provide the hardware that they have. So Latvia has provided and we're still providing from our hardware kit. And we need other nations that have heavier equipment, say the tanks to provide those. And I think the discussion on the fighter jets is a very reasonable one. We have to make sure that Ukraine wins and the Ukrainian military knows what it is that they need. And we have the ability to respond and it is our obligation to respond and to aid them. Sorry, Latvia supports the sending of all and any equipment that Ukraine needs to win the war. So we have sent from our arsenal all that we have. We don't have the fighter jets or the tanks, but we've sent Stinger missiles, Howitzer's helicopters, munitions and others. And this is what we think every country should do is to look at the arsenals of what they have and to open them up for Ukraine because Ukraine needs these weapons to stop the aggression and win the war. And I have to repeat, it's in Europe's self-interest that Ukraine wins the war. It's in Europe's self-interest that Russia does not succeed because if Russia were to succeed in Ukraine, then that spells a very, very grim future for the rest of Europe as well. My message to Zelensky is that Latvia stands and will stand firmly with Ukraine and Europe stands and will stand firmly with Ukraine. Sorry, I believe that Russia's war in Ukraine and Ukraine's response has made us realize how important democracy is and that you have to stand to defend it. It is not something that is a given, it is something that Ukrainian soldiers and civilians are dying to defend on a daily basis and that's something for all of us to think about. The Ukrainians are willing to sacrifice their lives for the values that many of us in Europe take for granted. That's why we have to continue to support them so that they can succeed in their fight against Russian aggression. Yes, we will express our solidarity and the condolences. Really it's terrible, but you can do nothing against the nature, against the power of nature. Sometimes it's much more important to prevent human from making crimes and making crimes of aggression, but nature is nature. And of course we are full from the bottom of our heart, I would like to express my condolences to President Erdogan and the nation of Turkey, because this is really a huge challenge. And Lithuania of course is ready to support together with other countries by all means the country which suffered this terrible earthquake. You are going to discuss migration today. Are you in favor of using real fence with fences on the water? We already built the fence and Lithuania built the fence which is quite long, about 480 kilometers along the border with Belarus. But what we need, we need not only material fences, we need also legal framework helping us to fight against not only against illegal migration, but also against instrumentalization of illegal migration. And Lithuania suffered and faced this phenomenon in 2021 as Belarusian regime deliberately wanted to destabilize the situation, sending the people, sending the migrants to the border. They tried to cross the border and it was really very tough time for Lithuania, but we managed quite well and now we are ready. We built the fence, we have all the surveillance equipment there and I think what is important to prevent other countries from trying to do the same in the future. Because this is not probably the last attempt to challenge our resilience and this is important to be prepared to be prepared in legal sense of the word. I think everything should be done in order to be protected and of course I would also stress the importance of strategic communication to talk with the third countries. There is, there are a lot of fake news about the possibilities to cross the border, to go to European Union freely without any restrictions and people just are irritated and they are coming and they see that the reality is totally different from the imaginations. So this is important to have also very bold policy on strategic communication. What could you say to the western countries saying that there is no migration crisis? No migration crisis. Come to Lithuania and see. We are the same. The more people that speak up in Ukraine and of course not talking about civil infrastructure and destroyed economy, social systems, we have to be decisive. Otherwise it would be very difficult to achieve the victory we all want. We did our example shows of course we are not large country. We have limited possibilities but we started to support Ukraine even before the war broke out. We sent the first fingers two weeks before the war started and we try to show to the rest of the world that it is possible even having limited possibilities we try to do our best in order to help to support Ukraine. Militarily, politically, economically, financially by all means. Thank you. Being in the midst of the war, I think this is very important to notice that there is a political consensus in Ukraine to take all the measures which are needed to pass all the laws which are needed and they are doing very well. And they hope very much that they will be able to finalize this progress until October of this year and European Commission's estimation and conclusion will be possible. Good morning. Today the first thing I will do is to brief the leaders about the situation of the dialogue between Kosovo and Belgrade. I will inform the last developments, the last contacts. The proposal is on the table. I've been calling the two leaders to come back to Brussels soon in a couple of weeks in order to definitely push for this proposal and I will ask the leaders for a strong support in order to avoid any kind of escalation and ask them to work seriously on this proposal which is the only way to try to solve a normalised relationship between Kosovo and Belgrade. We have been going from crisis to crisis. Now it's time to escalate and to work constructively. Secondly, on Ukraine I will participate in a debate where, together with President Zelensky, the result will be sure more support for Ukraine. Providing more arms, more military support, more financial support in order to make Ukraine able to resist Russia's aggression. And finally on migration. Fort Resilio is not a solution. Migration is as all as humanity. The problem is not to cut migration but to manage it. To manage it in a human way, first of all. It's an important part of our external policy. More and more migration is at the core of our relations with a lot of countries around the world, of our partners. And we have to work with them and tackle the root causes of migration and to make migration manage. We can ask people to take back the irregular migrants but we have to offer lines of regular migration because first you don't need migrants and secondly it is a way of dealing better with our partners around the world. Devastation with the European Union? Yes, certainly the Council will take this issue in the discussion. Yesterday I went to the President's Embassy to express my condolences. It's a great tragedy. And the Europeans are fully mobilized, sending all rescue equipment, capacities, medical to try to support Ukraine and Syria in this situation. Well, I wouldn't say it's a migration crisis. Certainly the number of migrants and asylum seekers is increasing on the eastern Mediterranean, decreasing on the west Mediterranean and the central Mediterranean is not a crisis. It's an increase in the number of people arriving and this is something that responds to root causes. People move because on their countries there is not a future, there is no peace, there is no stability. So we have to take migration as an important part of our external policy. When we talk with our partners we have to offer something on migration more than just take your people back. Take your people back but offer them the possibility of open channels of regular migration. We know that this is the best way of fighting the ages, modeling and avoiding people risking and losing their lives. Thank you. I'll come to you afterwards, okay? Thank you. It's migration. What's your approach? We've been very, very clear that the return policies of the European Union overall have failed. If you look at the total number of people whose asylum applications have been rejected, a very, very small percentage is actually being returned. So we need better European coordination in order to make this happen. At the same time, we've always been advocating for a more effective policy to protect the European Union's external borders unless we manage to secure our borders in an effective and fair manner. We will not be able to solve the problem of migration. This is not just a problem of secondary flows. It's a problem of people trying to come into the European Union in a completely uncoordinated manner. And let me point out once more the absolute necessity to eradicate, to eliminate, to destroy the networks of smugglers who are benefiting from the human pain and are currently trafficking people into the European Union. Frequently in completely horrible conditions, as is currently happening in the EU. And in favour of using EU finance for fencing? Absolutely yes. I think it is. It doesn't seem to me to be very logical that the EU is financing, let's say, technology or drones or surveillance equipment, but refuses to fund the fend itself. We're talking about an integrated approach in terms of the external border management. And of course, fencer should be included in that financing package. In any case, Greece is building its own fence and it will do so without European money. Look, Greece was the first country to send rescue teams to Turkey. They saved numerous people from the rebels. We've sent a second team. We're currently sending five planes full of humanitarian assistance. It is our obligation to help our neighbours. And this is a time to leave aside in our political differences and to offer a hand of friendship to the Turkish people, the Syrian people who are suffering a horrible catastrophe. And frankly, when it comes to the relations between our two countries, I cannot imagine a stronger message than a Greek rescue worker or a Turkish rescue worker working together to save a little Turkish. I've said many times that we can Turkish people have nothing to separate that we are friends and we are proving that we are friends in these times of difficulty. Who wants to start? German-English? French? Ok. So what I think is that Ukraine has really made a lot of progress to get closer to us. But the commission is the one who shares with us whether the seven conditions are also fulfilled. And I don't think so. You shouldn't promise what you can't keep. But you can't say that nothing has happened. That means Ukraine has already made a lot of progress. You have to admit that. Not only admit it, but also congratulate it. I'm the chairman of the Turkish government. Because I don't have a military air force myself. I think it's important that we agree and that we take these steps together. That's what we should talk about. But you never had a solution? Yes, as I said, never had a solution. I think there is one between Mexico and America that is on sale. They didn't do anything with it. And what does that mean? A wall is called, we build a wall in Turkey and Bulgaria. And then where does it go on? Then it's just this part. Then you say no, the wall has to be built further. And I had thought that Europe would have been a case of a wall. This hope was not to build new walls. And last but not least, I would rather have used the money to help development and to do other programs. If that means building a wall, that we need a fixation. Because that's a wall, it's just a piece and then everything has to be fixed. That would be a bad thing. I think I've said for two years that it would be a shame if a wall was built in Europe with European stars on it. That would not make Europe understand. Yes, in English. What do you want to hear in English? I think what is impressive is to see what the Ukrainians have done the last month when we see all the efforts to come closer to the European Union. But as you know, we have seven criteria, seven conditions. And the commission is the one who will give us green light or not to say that everything is okay or not. We shouldn't promise things we cannot keep. But we should also realize all the efforts done by the Ukrainian side. What? Yeah, I just said it's a bit difficult as a Luxembourgish Prime Minister to speak about jets. I have a part of a Belgian plane together in the army. That's all I have. So for me it's a bit difficult to speak about the jets. But what is important is that we get united inside. And we see also not one country, another country isolated and afterwards because they decide something. I think what is important is to have common answers to a common problem. So the fact is I just said the problem is if we think it's walls or fences because now for the moment what is on the table is Bulgarian Turkey. That's what I heard. But so this will not enough. So there will be again new fences or again new walls. And I believe that the money could be invested in other parts. And we saw that walls are not giving solutions to problems between the United States and the Mexico. You see that it's not the solution. So I believe that to pay with this blue flag with golden stars would be the investment in fences and walls would be wrong. And especially when you start with a place then you want to grow because then it will be one border, then another border, then another border. And if the conclusion is that we want the fortress in Europe. And as I told also to the German colleagues. I saw Europe was to be able to take away the walls and that's part of our history on our continent. Okay. Yes, I think it's important to show solidarity also with Syria and Turkey. I think what happened is nightmare over 15,000 people died. Before summer was candidate status for Ukraine and also for Moldova. And on Georgia we were one step behind but on Moldova and on Ukraine. That was the clear decision. And now of course there is a path which has clear milestones. We know that Ukraine is doing a lot. The efforts are tremendous. At the end is always to assess where Ukraine is in terms on its path to membership. And of course we will await that outcome of that assessment which will be. The road map with clear milestones which has been agreed years before. And Ukraine is now on that path. We have consistently said that we rule nothing out as long as there is not an article 5 situation between NATO and Russia. But also in the past when we had debates about the Vanzau which is about the Leo 2, Leo Parts 2 tanks. And also on fighter jets these debates take place in full secrecy. And only when they have been concluded announcements will be made. Reason is that the alliance parties need to discuss this in closed circles. And you cannot do this out in the open. You don't want the enemy to be more informed than necessary. It's crucial that it's here because it is a highly symbolic moment. That the president of Ukraine under full scale attack of Russia fighting back in an exemplary way. And we are all constantly in awe of what he, his team, Ukrainian people, Ukrainian army, military are doing against a huge country Russia. We are trying to help in wherever we can. That he is here is highly symbolic and therefore a very important moment. But these are the Leo Parts 1. On the Leo 2s of course there is a different coalition. The Netherlands has said if necessary we would like to be part of that coalition. But we do not only Leo 2s. We only release them. We can buy them and send them in Ukraine. But that's something we are discussing with our partners. Could also be that it's better to use our Leo 2s for example Lithuania or somewhere else. That's still being debated. But on the Leo 1s of course there was a huge announcement this week by Denmark, Germany and my country. I must say the draft conclusions are heading in the right direction. And I have always said that it is an added up sum of many measures you have to take. You cannot have one measure like in 2016. We closed a deal with Turkey and the issue was solved. This is not the case now. This is a whole list of smaller steps you have to take to get a grip on migration to get that back under control. And I must say what's on the table today and I hope we can get to agreement. I'm very hopeful and including being able to commission and member states jointly to work on border protection. Absolutely. It's on the agenda and clearly so I spoke myself as President Erdogan two days ago. We are all of course extremely sad about what happened and so many people who lost their lives in the earthquake. In my country was a big Turkish community was a big Syrian community. Of course we also feel our own countrymen who have lost so many people. So many next of kin friends and family in Turkey in Syria.