""The world is changing very fast right in front of us. The old world is gone - frankly, the world that I grew up in - and we live in a new era in geopolitics, and it's going to require all of us to sort of reexamine what that looks like and what our role is going to be," Rubio said in comments before departure at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland."
"MSC organizers said this year's event is the largest ever, with more than 1,000 delegates including some 50 heads of government and leading diplomats. It comes at a time of global turmoil, with the possibility of US airstrikes on Iran, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaching its fourth anniversary, and tensions over the future of the NATO transatlantic alliance."
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the moment a defining one and said the old geopolitical order has ended, requiring reassessment of roles and strategy. Rubio traveled to the Munich Security Conference and indicated a likely meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He cited Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure that have caused severe winter suffering and said Washington continues peace efforts. The Munich conference convened over 1,000 delegates and around 50 heads of government amid global turmoil including possible US strikes on Iran, Russia's invasion of Ukraine nearing four years, and debate over NATO's future and European defense independence.
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