United Nations, New York – Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky, During an interview with Fox News Digital, he expressed sadness that Europe now struggles to influence geopolitical issues and that the more than two dozen member bloc lacks clear leadership.
Lipawsky said, “I think it’s a clear show that Europe has lost the ability to project geopolitical power, especially in Africa and the Middle East, because we were basically trying to stop this irregular migration. Are not able to take any kind of measures.”
“When someone who really has No right to asylum in EuropeThere are no real mechanisms… so they will definitely need to put more effort into it,” he said.
Czechia, also known as the Czech Republic, is located in the middle of Europe and still considers itself the “natural crossroads” of the continent, making it a unique place to discuss matters related to immigration and border conflicts. Keeps in position.
Despite that dominant perspective, Lipavsky said that “leadership should come from the big countries”, because “that’s how things are done in international politics.”
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky discussed concerns over Russia and the Middle East. (Fox News Digital)
Lipavsky argued that this lack of leadership made the conflict between Ukraine and Russia more difficult, but he acknowledged that the war helped awaken the bloc’s members to some issues they had ignored. Was.
“We have rediscovered our ability to defend Ukraine, at least in the east, but, still, we honestly need to do more,” Lipavsky said. “I wouldn’t say it’s a serious situation, but certainly there may be a lack of leadership visible.”
He added, “As Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, I am trying to bring forward resolutions. I am trying to call for common action.” “For example, we are Delivering large quantities of ammunition to Ukraine“We have this ammunition initiative.”
He added, “Those are hundreds, thousands of shells, that make a difference on the battlefield – more than words.”
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky, left, and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yeul attend a North Atlantic Council meeting with Indo-Pacific partners at NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 4, 2024. (Reuters/Johanna Geron/Pool)
Lipavsky defines the current state of international politics as “global confrontation”, with conflicts occurring in multiple sectors that affect all countries due to their impact on everything from energy to food supplies and normal shipping.
“We see Multiple conflicts in the Middle East,” Lipavsky said. “It’s not just Gaza or now Lebanon, where rockets have been fired north of Israel for several months, but it’s also shipping in the Red Sea that is being threatened by the Houthis, and they are supported Is. Iran.”
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“This is a very complex matter and we need to de-escalate,” he said. “We need to make great efforts for peace, but also not forget that Israel has the right to defend itself.”
Czechia voted against the Palestinian states getting expanded powers at the UN earlier this year and last week was one of 14 countries that voted against a Palestinian-drafted resolution that saw it adopted. Opinion of the International Court of Justice In which Israel was demanded to leave Gaza and West Bank. Lipavsky pointed out that the resolution was “leaned in one direction”, which was “a very fundamental reason for voting against the resolution”.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky speak after their meeting at the Czernin Palace in Prague on May 30, 2024. (Peter David Josek/Pool via Reuters)
However, he stressed that Russia “undoubtedly” remains the most important threat facing Czechia and other European countries.
Lipavsky asserted, “Russia wants to destroy the entire Ukrainian nation. They want to incorporate them into Russia and… it’s like Hitler during World War I. It’s exactly the same.”
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“We know that we used to be in the Soviet Union’s sphere of influence during Czechoslovakia… until the fall of the Berlin Wall after World War II,” he said. “I don’t want the same thing to happen to Czechia again, with a dictator telling us what to do and what not to do and exploiting us.
“So we have to guard against this, this Russian confidence, and then, of course, be a good ally to the United States and a good ally to NATO,” he said.
