Editing Munich Security Conference (section)

===Core Group Meetings===
After the launch in 2009, the subsequent events took place in [[Moscow]] in 2010,<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 October 2010 |title=Rede von Staatsminister Werner Hoyer bei der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz (MCG Core Group Meeting) in Moskau (19.-20.10.2010) |url=http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/Infoservice/Presse/Reden/2010/101020-Hoyer-Moskau.html |access-date=28 June 2016 |publisher=Auswärtiges Amt}}</ref> [[Beijing]] in 2011,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zhang Yue |date=22 November 2011 |title=Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz sucht nach Dialog und Vertrauen mit China |url=http://german.china.org.cn/international/2011-11/22/content_23981271.htm |access-date=28 June 2016 |publisher=China Internet Information Center |language=de}}</ref> as well as [[Doha]] in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 May 2013 |title=Munich security conference to focus on Gulf challenges |url=http://www.gulf-times.com/Qatar/178/details/352998/Munich-security-conference-to-focus-on-Gulf-challenges |access-date=28 June 2016 |publisher=Gulf Times}}</ref> A second meeting was held for the first time in 2013 in Washington, DC. The location of the 2014 Core Group Meeting was [[New Delhi]]. The issues discussed in New Delhi were the threats of terrorism and cyber-attacks, questions of maritime security, regional and global security structures and concepts for new [[global governance]]. 
The Core Group Meeting 2015 was held in [[Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 June 2015 |title=Sicherheitskonferenz: Neue Friedensordnung in Wien gesucht |url=http://derstandard.at/2000016849385/Sicherheitskonferenz-Neue-Friedensordnung-in-Wien-gesucht |access-date=28 June 2016 |publisher=Der Standard |language=de}}</ref> The [[Russo-Ukrainian war]] was a central theme of the meeting, which featured the Ukrainian Foreign Minister [[Pavlo Klimkin]] and the Russian deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov. Klimkin urged the European states to confront the Russian government head-on.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Christoph Prantner, Manuel Escher |date=16 June 2015 |title=Sicherheitskonferenz: Debatte über Rüstzeug für Krieg und Frieden |url=http://derstandard.at/2000017567178/Sicherheitskonferenz-Debatte-ueber-Ruestzeug-fuer-Krieg-und-Friede |access-date=28 June 2016 |publisher=Der Standard |language=de}}</ref> The Austrian Foreign Minister [[Sebastian Kurz]] stated that any border changes in Europe were "unacceptable", but at the same time stressed the need for cooperation with Russia. While the Swiss Foreign Minister [[Didier Burkhalter]] proposed a neutral status for Ukraine,<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 July 2015 |title=Neutralitätsstatus für die Ukraine |url=http://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/neutralitaetsstatus-fuer-die-ukraine-1.18565263 |access-date=28 June 2016 |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |language=de}}</ref> the Serbian Foreign Minister [[Ivica Dačić]] as [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]] Chairman called for a strengthening of his organization in order to prevent future conflicts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 June 2015 |title=Eine vereinte, demokratische und europäische Ukraine? |url=https://www.securityconference.de/news/article/a-ukraine-united-democratic-and-european/ |access-date=28 June 2016 |publisher=Munich Security Conference |language=de}}</ref> 

Another Core Group Meeting took place in [[Tehran]] in October 2015. Key topics of the meeting were the implementation of the [[Vienna Document|Vienna Agreement]] concerning the [[Iranian nuclear program]] and the political situation in the region. German Foreign Minister Steinmeier, who opened the conference together with the [[List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Iran|Iranian Foreign Minister]] [[Mohammad Javad Zarif|Zarif]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 October 2015 |title=Steinmeier visits Tehran |url=http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/AAmt/BM-Reisen/2015/10-IRN-KSA-JOR/151017_Iran.html |access-date=9 January 2017 |publisher=Federal Foreign Office}}</ref><ref name="Berg">{{Cite web |last=Daniel Friedrich Sturm |date=18 October 2015 |title=Wenn Berg und Berg nicht zusammenkommen |url=https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article147735802/Wenn-Berg-und-Berg-nicht-zusammenkommen.html |access-date=9 January 2017 |publisher=Welt |language=de}}</ref> emphasized the importance of transparency and trust for the successful implementation of the Vienna agreement:<ref>{{Cite news |last=Majid Sattar |date=18 October 2015 |title=Nach der Krise ist vor der Krise |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/naher-osten/steinmeier-in-teheran-nach-der-krise-ist-vor-der-krise-13863173.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_2 |access-date=9 January 2017 |work=Faz.net |publisher=Frankfurter Allgemeine |language=de}}</ref> "After the game is before the game".<ref name="Berg" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 October 2015 |title=Speech by Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the Munich Security Conference Core Group Meeting in Tehran |url=http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/Infoservice/Presse/Reden/2015/151017_Teheran.html?nn=484216 |access-date=9 January 2017 |publisher=Federal Foreign Office}}</ref>

In April 2016, another MSC Core Group Meeting took place in the [[Ethiopia]]n capital [[Addis Ababa]]. The security situation in Africa, the fight against international terrorism, and the challenges posed by climate change and [[epidemic]]s were central themes of the meeting.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ludger Schadomskys |date=18 April 2016 |title=Gemeinsam gegen Terror und Gewalt: Die Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz in Afrika |url=http://www.dw.com/de/gemeinsam-gegen-terror-und-gewalt-die-m%C3%BCnchner-sicherheitskonferenz-in-afrika/a-19196224 |access-date=13 January 2017 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |language=de}}</ref> The Ethiopian Foreign Minister [[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus]] stressed the mutual global interdependencies in all of these issues.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 April 2016 |title=The Munich Security Conference kicks-off: "The First of its kind in Africa" |url=http://aethiopien-botschaft.de/?p=3224 |access-date=13 January 2017 |publisher=Embassy of the Ethiopia, Berlin}}</ref> Other participants included Ethiopian Prime Minister [[Hailemariam Desalegn]], former [[Nigeria]]n President [[Olusegun Obasanjo]], [[Smaїl Chergui]], [[African Union Commission]]er,<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 April 2016 |title=Munch Security Conference underway in Addis |url=http://www.ebc.et/web/ennews/-/munch-security-conference-underway-in-addis |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013215117/http://www.ebc.et/web/ennews/-/munch-security-conference-underway-in-addis |archive-date=13 October 2016 |access-date=13 January 2017 |publisher=Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and former German President [[Horst Köhler]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ludger Schadomsky |date=13 April 2016 |title=Ischinger: "Sicherheit in und für Afrika ganz oben auf der Tagesordnung" |url=http://www.dw.com/de/ischinger-sicherheit-in-und-f%C3%BCr-afrika-ganz-oben-auf-der-tagesordnung/a-19184751 |access-date=13 January 2017 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |language=de}}</ref>

Another Core Group Meeting was held in [[Beijing]] in November 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How to make people think? MSC Core Group Meeting in Beijing discusses China's international role |url=https://www.merics.org/en/events/event-reports/munich-security-conference-core-group-meeting-in-beijing/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808153624/https://www.merics.org/en/events/event-reports/munich-security-conference-core-group-meeting-in-beijing/ |archive-date=8 August 2017 |access-date=13 January 2017 |publisher=Mercator Institute for China Studies}}</ref> Key topics of the meeting were China's role in the international order, conflicts in the Asia-Pacific region and the geopolitical importance of the "[[Silk Road#New Silk Road|New Silk Road]]".<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 November 2016 |title=Vietnam, China beef up defence ties |url=http://en.hanoi.vietnamplus.vn/Home/Vietnam-China-beef-up-defence-ties/201611/6128.vnplus |access-date=13 January 2017 |publisher=Vietnam News Agency}}</ref> Deputy Chinese Foreign Minister, [[Zhang Yesui]], stressed in his opening speech the importance of dialogue and cooperation for the security of the region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 November 2016 |title=Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui Attends Opening Ceremony of Core Group Meeting of Munich Security Conference and Delivers a Speech |url=http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/wjbxw/t1412790.shtml |access-date=13 January 2017 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China}}</ref> During the core group meeting, [[Vice President of the People's Republic of China|Chinese Vice President]] [[Li Yuanchao]], reaffirmed his country's willingness to contribute to peace and security globally.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 November 2017 |title=Chinas stellvertretender Staatspräsident trifft MSC-Vertreter |url=http://german.china.org.cn/txt/2016-11/04/content_39639134.htm |access-date=13 January 2017 |publisher=China Internet Information Center |language=de}}</ref> Other participants included [[Fu Ying]], chairwoman of the [[National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee]], [[Louise Mushikiwabo]], [[Rwanda]]n [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Rwanda)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]], Markus Ederer, secretary of state at the [[German Foreign Office]], [[Tom Enders]], CEO of [[Airbus|Airbus Group]], and several members of the [[Bundestag]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 November 2016 |title=We cannot harm the security of other countries in pursuit of our own |url=https://www.securityconference.de/en/news/article/we-cannot-harm-the-security-of-other-countries-in-pursuit-of-our-own-1/ |access-date=13 January 2017 |publisher=Munich Security Conference}}</ref>