Austrian Diplomat, personal account, currently in Bangkok, prev. posts: London, Helsinki, Brussels and of course Vienna. RT not endorsement. Views are my own
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Welcome to the quadrilateral geopolitics: India has entered the Triumvirate of global realpolitik between the US and the DragonBear with its own game in mind amid the new Cold War. Currently, the game is to stabilize this Triumvirate for its own gain, that is to take the best from both worlds while keeping the global system afloat and preventing any direct clash between them that might result in the worst case scenario due to the simultaneity of the two proxy wars in Ukraine and Iran. Trade, tech and energy deals with the US, and energy and fertilizer deals with Russia, while managing the confrontation with China for the sake of a positive economic growth outlook. That is the current leverage of India‘s global geoeconomic clout - everyone wants to be friends with New Delhi.
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51 Staaten und die Europäische Union senden heute gemeinsam ein klares Signal:
Wir stehen fest an der Seite der Ukraine und hinter der UN-Charta. Russland muss seine Aggressionen endlich beenden, einem Waffenstillstand zustimmen und den Weg für einen gerechten und dauerhaften Frieden freimachen.
© Foto: M. Gruber / BMEIA
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Austria stands in full solidarity with friends and partners in Germany following the Russian hybrid attack at Leipzig airport. Attempts to destabilize or intimidate any member of the European Union will not succeed and will be met with a united response. We will jointly work to strengthen our European resilience. (BK)
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🇦🇹🤝🇺🇦 Today is Ukraine’s Independence Day – for 35 years, Ukraine has defended its freedom, sovereignty and right to determine its own future.
Austria continues to stand with the Ukrainian people and supports a comprehensive, just and lasting peace – one that respects Ukraine’s sovereignty and creates the foundations for a peaceful future.
Happy Independence Day, Ukraine! 🇺🇦
З Днем Незалежності, Україно! 🇺🇦
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Wien, am 3.Juni 2026
Trauerbeflaggung der Botschaft der Ukraine
Die Ukraine trauert um 23 Ukrainer:Innen, darunter Kinder, die infolge des Terror-Angriffs durch russland am 2.Juni getötet wurden
#StayWithUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState
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Ich verurteile den russischen Drohnenangriff auf ein Wohnhaus in Rumänien aufs Schärfste. Rumänien hat unsere volle Solidarität.
Militärisch und wirtschaftlich steht Russland enorm unter Druck. Die Antwort darauf sind Terror gegen die ukrainische Zivilbevölkerung und der Versuch, die Menschen in Europa zu verunsichern. Aber Europa lässt sich nicht einschüchtern. Jeder neue Angriff lässt Europa nur enger zusammenrücken.
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Pope Leo XIV: "Among these ideologies, I consider particularly insidious the one that suggests that every person must earn or justify his or her own worth, to the point of attributing greater value to those who are more efficient or effective. From this perspective, persons end up being reduced to a means of achieving results, a resource to be used and exploited, and are no longer recognized as a proper end in themselves who should never be instrumentalized. The value of persons, however, does not depend on what they achieve or produce. There are rights that apply to everyone simply by virtue of being human, and no human power can legitimately deny or arbitrarily limit them." #MagnificaHumanitas
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Deeply appalled by Russia’s massive attack on Kyjiw with so many civilians killed and injured. These attacks only reinforce what is at stake: Ukraine’s freedom, Europe’s security, our shared values. Russia will not break the Ukrainian people. Our support remains unwavering.
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Today I welcomed Hungary’s new Foreign Minister @_OrbanAnita to Vienna. For her second trip abroad after taking office, she and Prime Minister @magyarpeterMP chose Austria. This reflects the special bond between our countries.
🇦🇹 and 🇭🇺 share close ties: as neighbours, economic partners, and part of the same region. We discussed how these ties can once again translate into political strength. When Central Europe acts together, it has a stronger voice in Europe. That is why we are working to strengthen alliances that can overcome blockages and make Europe more effective.
With its new government, Hungary is returning to where it belongs: at the heart of a Europe that can deliver. A Hungary that once again chooses Europe is good for Austria, good for Hungary, and good for the European Union.
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No nation, no society, and no international order can call itself just and humane if it measures its success solely by power or prosperity while neglecting those who live at the margins. Indeed, Christ’s love for the least and the forgotten compels us to reject every form of selfishness that leaves the poor and the vulnerable invisible.
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What kind of world are we leaving behind? Unfortunately, it is a world distorted by war and war-like language. This pollution of reason comes from the geopolitical sphere and invades every social relationship. Any simplification that creates enemies must be corrected, especially in universities, through complexity of thought and wise exercise of memory.
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Wenn wir für Europa da sind, wird Europa auch für uns da sein. #Europatag
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Putin is losing his grip on Russia.
Every move he makes to preserve power accelerates the system’s decay, writes a former senior official in the Russian government for The Economist. 1/
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Today is the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism. The day when all of Europe marks the end of the most terrible war of the 20th century. A war after which there should have been only genuine peace. That was the dream back then, when the guns of World War II began to fall silent.
That war turned our land into a battlefield of brutal fighting, abuse in occupied territory, and the mass destruction of people and life. The losses of the Ukrainian people were among the greatest in World War II. And the contribution of Ukrainians to the defeat of the Nazis was also among the greatest. Millions of Ukrainians, serving in various armies of the Anti-Hitler Coalition states, fought against Nazism. Millions of Ukrainians were among the victors, having done everything in their power to ensure that absolute evil was defeated.
Unfortunately, 81 years later, we are once again forced to stop evil – evil that is just as absolute. Evil that brings nothing but ruins and abuse. And evil based on a similar ideology of enmity. An updated version of Nazism, marked: made in Russia.
Today, such Russian aggression can and must be defeated by the united free world. And I am grateful to everyone who helps us defend life. I am grateful to everyone who is not allowing this Russian regime to dictate to the world what comes next. Defending people’s lives and the freedom of nations from Putin is an absolutely dignified way to honor the memory of those who did not allow Hitler to subjugate Europe and the world.
Eternal gratitude to all who fought against Nazism and liberated people! Blessed memory to all innocent victims of World War II! Glory to every defender of life! Glory to Ukraine!
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An important step in relations with Hungary – today, the funds and valuables of Oschadbank that were seized by Hungarian special services in March of this year were returned. At the time, the Hungarian side unlawfully detained Ukrainian cash-in-transit officers. We brought our people back sooner, and now both the funds and the valuables are back on Ukrainian territory in full. I am grateful to Hungary for its constructive approach and civilized step. I thank everyone on Ukraine’s team who fought for a fair decision and defended the interests of our state and our people. Glory to Ukraine!
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My latest piece assessing the current state of the Russian political system.
Whether that intelligence report, or parts of it, is accurate is hard to determine, and whether Vladimir Putin’s system is on the verge of collapse is even more difficult to predict. 1/12
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Thank you for your hospitality @HoxhaFer and thanks to the Slovak foreign minister Juraj Blanar for organising this trip together with our Czech colleague @petr_macinka . Central Europe is united in pushing for EU enlargement. We encourage Albania to stay on the reform track!
It doesn’t happen every day that three #Ministers from EU Member States visit #Albania together to show their support.
I was very pleased to welcome and meet today with the members of the Slavkov format (S3): Ministers @BMeinl 🇦🇹, @petr_macinka 🇨🇿 and #JBlanar 🇸🇰, for a friendly yet substantive and open exchange on Albania’s EU accession process and the broader European perspective of the Western Balkans.
Our discussions reflected the growing mutual trust, shared responsibility, and a clear understanding of the strategic importance of enlargement in today’s geopolitical context. We reviewed progress in the accession negotiations and reaffirmed our joint commitment to maintaining momentum and preserving the credibility of a merit-based process grounded in reforms and concrete results.
I underlined that EU membership remains Albania’s top strategic priority, its lifeline, which is firmly anchored in a broad national consensus. I also reaffirmed our determination to sustain this pace, with the ambition to conclude #negotiations by 2027 and achieve EU membership by 2030.
We also held a substantive exchange of views on regional developments, emphasizing stability, cooperation, and a clear #European perspective for the #WesternBalkans, as well as preparations for the upcoming “Friends of the Western Balkans” meeting in Bratislava, on 12 May 2026.
Energy interconnections, transport corridors, migration management, and border security were also key topics, highlighting the importance of connectivity, resilience, and energy security, particularly in light of current global challenges.
I reiterated Albania’s longstanding full alignment with the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defence Policy, and its role as a trusted and reliable partner contributing to regional and European #security.
Grateful to #Austria, #Czechia and #Slovakia for their strong and continued support for a united #Europe, the most remarkable peace and prosperity project in human history.
#Horizon2030
#Together
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In any normal country, purchasing stolen goods is an act that entails legal liability. This applies, in particular, to grain stolen by Russia. Another vessel carrying such grain has arrived at a port in Israel and is preparing to unload. This is not – and cannot be – legitimate business. The Israeli authorities cannot be unaware of which ships are arriving at the country’s ports and what cargo they are carrying.
Russia is systematically seizing grain on temporarily occupied Ukrainian land and organizing its export through individuals linked to the occupiers. Such schemes violate the laws of the State of Israel itself. Ukraine has taken all necessary steps through diplomatic channels to prevent such incidents. However, we see that yet another such vessel has not been stopped. I have instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to inform all partners of our state about the situation.
Based on information from our intelligence services, Ukraine is preparing a relevant sanctions package that will cover both those directly transporting this grain and the individuals and legal entities attempting to profit from this criminal scheme. We will also coordinate with European partners to ensure that the relevant individuals are included in European sanctions regimes.
Ukraine counts on partnership and mutual respect with every state. We are genuinely working to enhance security, particularly in the Middle East region. We expect that the Israeli authorities will respect Ukraine and refrain from actions that undermine our bilateral relations.
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We hunger for a future imbued with hope that is capable of engendering a new sense of justice and producing fruits of peace and fraternity. This is not an unknown future that we must passively await, but rather one that we ourselves are called to build with God’s grace. #ApostolicJourney #EquatorialGuinea
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In a world wounded by arrogance, people hunger and thirst for justice. We must encourage those who believe in peace and dare to engage in “countercurrent” politics, which focus on the common good. What is urgently needed is the courage of new visions and an educational pact that gives young people space and trust. #ApostolicJourney #EquatorialGuinea vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/e…