The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, today called for strengthening European unity in response to growing geopolitical challenges, ranging from Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine and instability in the Middle East to migration and external interference:
In Monaco, where the first meeting of the Committee of Ministers took place after the summer break, the Secretary General warned that Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine has escalated to unprecedented levels:
He noted that Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey are at the crossroads of political and economic shifts related to the Ukraine war, the Middle East war, and Central Asia:
Berset emphasized that these crises together pose a single threat to democratic security, and they must be addressed collectively.
