The Munich Safety Convention shouldn’t be moved from its venue within the Bavarian capital, in response to Jens Stoltenberg, the previous NATO secretary common appointed to take over as head of the main worldwide safety convention from 2026.
Transferring the convention to Berlin, for instance, would change its character, Stoltenberg mentioned after a gathering with Bavarian Premier Markus Söder on Wednesday. The convention’s success was intently linked to its location in Munich’s Bayerischer Hof lodge, he mentioned.
Stoltenberg, who headed NATO for 10 years after serving as Norwegian prime minister from 2005 to 2013, mentioned he was trying ahead to taking on management of the convention from Christoph Heusgen, who will stay in put up to run subsequent 12 months’s version in February.
“The mission of the Munich Safety Convention is peace by means of dialogue,” Stoltenberg mentioned, including that this activity was changing into more and more essential in a world “that’s consistently changing into extra harmful and fewer predictable.”
Stoltenberg expressed because of the individuals of Munich for supporting the occasion and placing up with the safety measures throughout the convention.
Söder paid tribute to Stoltenberg’s diplomatic expertise and mentioned his clear imaginative and prescient would contribute to the convention’s success. With Stoltenberg on the helm, it’s clear that the occasion will proceed to give attention to safety and overseas coverage, he added.
The Munich Safety Convention has been held within the Bavarian capital each winter since 1963 with uncommon exceptions.