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6,220 statements in the last 60 days, in their own words
Tone over time
Ukraine → Russia · 82 statements
conciliatory ↑23 Oct – 29 Oct↓ hostile
Russia → Africa · 49 statements
conciliatory ↑26 Oct – 29 Oct↓ hostile
Iran → United States · 38 statements
conciliatory ↑23 Oct – 29 Oct↓ hostile
United Nations → Israel · 33 statements
conciliatory ↑23 Oct – 28 Oct↓ hostile
Ukraine → United States · 32 statements
conciliatory ↑23 Oct – 29 Oct↓ hostile
Iran → Israel · 27 statements
conciliatory ↑23 Oct – 29 Oct↓ hostile
United Kingdom → Russia · 26 statements
conciliatory ↑23 Oct – 29 Oct↓ hostile
United States → Ukraine · 26 statements
conciliatory ↑23 Oct – 28 Oct↓ hostile
European Union → Canada · 22 statements
conciliatory ↑23 Oct – 29 Oct↓ hostile
United States → Russia · 22 statements
conciliatory ↑23 Oct – 28 Oct↓ hostile
Russia → Ukraine · 21 statements
conciliatory ↑23 Oct – 28 Oct↓ hostile
Russia → United States · 21 statements
conciliatory ↑23 Oct – 28 Oct↓ hostile
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- Valdis Dombrovskis · Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, Implementation and Simplification, European Union · 30 Oct
paraphrase Commissioner Dombrovskis will discuss European defence readiness, innovation and EU-NATO cooperation at the NATO FUSE event in Riga, delivering a keynote on behalf of the Commission and the High Representative outlining progress on the Defence Readiness Agenda.
- Valdis Dombrovskis · Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, Implementation and Simplification, European Union · 30 Oct
“which aims to mobilise up to €800 billion in additional defence investment to address critical capability gaps”
- Valdis Dombrovskis · Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, Implementation and Simplification, European Union · 30 Oct
paraphrase The two drone hubs will serve as pilots under the Drone and Counter-Drone European Resolve (DECODER) Project, one of the first five European Defence Projects of Common Interest, laying foundations for a wider European network to accelerate development, testing and deployment of drone and counter-drone solutions; the Latvian hub will be co-located with the NATO Innovation Range to strengthen EU-NATO cooperation in defence innovation.
Ministry of National Defense · Ministry of National Defense, South Korea · 29 Octparaphrase The two defense ministers decided to work closely together to ensure the transfer of wartime operational control proceeds smoothly in a timely manner, and this does not mean the timing of the transfer will be delayed.
- Jeong Bit-na · Defense Ministry spokesman, South Korea · 29 Oct
“This means the most appropriate time for a successful transition by comprehensively considering the conditions necessary for the transfer of wartime operational control and the readiness of South Korea and the U.S..”
- Jeong Bit-na · Defense Ministry spokesman, South Korea · 29 Oct
“The U.S. and South Korea will closely link the evaluation of the military authorities and policy consultations to reach an agreement on the timing of the transition.”
- Jeong Bit-na · Defense Ministry spokesman, South Korea · 29 Oct
“We will solidify consensus on major issues through consultations between the defense ministers of Korea and the U.S. in December and push for a two-step approach to make a final decision at the SCM early next year,”
- Official from the Ministry of National Defense · Official, South Korea · 29 Oct
“historical”
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom, United States, and European Union · joint signatories, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom, United States, and European Union · 29 Oct
paraphrase Throughout October and today, the European Union and the governments of Australia and the United States have implemented sanctions targeting the DPRK's use of overseas workers, malicious cyber activities, and actors involved in unlawful DPRK-Russia cooperation.
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom, United States, and European Union · joint signatories, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom, United States, and European Union · 29 Oct
paraphrase The sanctions represent efforts to disrupt the DPRK's ability to support its unlawful development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles, and to counter unlawful DPRK-Russia military cooperation.
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom, United States, and European Union · joint signatories, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom, United States, and European Union · 29 Oct
paraphrase The designations build on detailed reporting by the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team, which monitors and reports on DPRK non-compliance with UN Security Council resolutions in the absence of the UNSCR 1718 Committee Panel of Experts, whose mandate renewal was vetoed by Russia in 2024.
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom, United States, and European Union · joint signatories, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom, United States, and European Union · 29 Oct
paraphrase The MSMT's first and second reports outlined the DPRK's unlawful military cooperation with Russia, along with cyber-enabled IT worker fraud, both of which fund Pyongyang's unlawful weapons programs, and its third report in September 2026 detailed the DPRK's deployment of overseas workers to generate revenue for its WMD and ballistic missile programs.
Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team · sanctions monitoring mechanism, Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team · 29 Oct
paraphrase The MSMT will continue to monitor, expose, and report on attempts to violate and evade UN sanctions by the DPRK.
Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team and European Union · joint statement participants, Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team and European Union · 29 Oct
“complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization”
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom, United States, and European Union · joint signatories, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom, United States, and European Union · 29 Oct
paraphrase We continue to strongly support implementation of all DPRK-related UN Security Council resolutions and call on all UN Member States, and especially permanent members of the Security Council, to fully implement these resolutions.
- Rt Hon Alex Norris MP · Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, United Kingdom · 29 Oct
“The Court embodies the conviction that the law must provide States with an alternative to coercion and force.”
- Rt Hon Alex Norris MP · Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, United Kingdom · 29 Oct
“We supported additional resources to meet the Court's staffing needs and have contributed to the trust fund for its Judicial Fellowship Programme.”
- Rt Hon Alex Norris MP · Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, United Kingdom · 29 Oct
“Professor Akande brings the independence, legal rigour, judgement and breadth of perspective that the Court needs.”
- Rt Hon Alex Norris MP · Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, United Kingdom · 29 Oct
“We have accepted its compulsory jurisdiction.”
- Rt Hon Alex Norris MP · Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, United Kingdom · 29 Oct
“that is why the UK does not support sanctions against the International Criminal Court.”
- Rt Hon Alex Norris MP · Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, United Kingdom · 29 Oct
“That relations between States must be governed by law, not merely by power.”
- Vladimir Putin · President, Russia · 29 Oct
“We are natural allies in building a multipolar, genuinely democratic world order – a world order free from diktat and double standards, based on respect for the norms of international law and the fundamental principles of the UN Charter in their entirety and interconnectedness.”
- Vladimir Putin · President, Russia · 29 Oct
paraphrase Russia has always stood alongside African peoples in their struggle against colonial oppression and supported their aspiration for freedom, genuine independence, sovereign development and choice of political and socioeconomic models.
- Vladimir Putin · President, Russia · 29 Oct
paraphrase Russia is and remains interested in African countries defending their sovereignty and strengthening their economies and social spheres, and is ready to continue working closely with them in all these areas.
- Vladimir Putin · President, Russia · 29 Oct
“Russia’s trade with African states exceeded $27 billion last year. Since our previous summit, this figure has increased by 50 percent.”
- Vladimir Putin · President, Russia · 29 Oct
“A total of 47 African countries are eligible for these benefits, and for 32 of them customs duties have been reduced to zero.”
- Vladimir Putin · President, Russia · 29 Oct
paraphrase Russian companies are implementing major investment projects in Africa in energy, peaceful nuclear energy, mining, industrial cooperation, logistics and tourism, operating on equal footing, reinvesting earnings, sharing technology, using local subcontractors and creating jobs, unlike former colonial powers that extracted profits.
- Vladimir Putin · President, Russia · 29 Oct
“the share of the ruble in trade settlements between Russia and African countries has already reached 85 percent.”
- Vladimir Putin · President, Russia · 29 Oct
“we supplied more than 18 million tonnes of grain to Africa in 2025, followed by another 13 million tonnes in the first nine months of 2026 alone.”
- Vladimir Putin · President, Russia · 29 Oct
paraphrase Russia is ready to share agribusiness expertise and technologies and to cooperate on advanced digital services, with a Declaration of Cooperation in the Civilian Application of Artificial Intelligence Technologies to be adopted after the summit.
- Vladimir Putin · President, Russia · 29 Oct
paraphrase Russia and African countries' positions on most topical world politics issues are closely aligned, both standing for equal dialogue and taking into account interests of all states, and Russia advocates more equitable African representation in the UN Security Council and international financial institutions.
- Vladimir Putin · President, Russia · 29 Oct
paraphrase Russia supported the UN General Assembly resolution last December establishing December 14 as International Day against Colonialism and welcomes the UN decision in March to recognise the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity.
- Vladimir Putin · President, Russia · 29 Oct
“African solutions to African problems.”
- Vladimir Putin · President, Russia · 29 Oct
“We have concluded intergovernmental agreements on military and military-technical cooperation with 45 African countries.”
- Vladimir Putin · President, Russia · 29 Oct
paraphrase Since the previous summit in 2023 Russia has opened eight new embassies in Africa, bringing the total to 48, and is expanding its trade missions, currently six covering 16 countries, while supporting plans by Botswana, Seychelles and Togo to open embassies in Moscow.
President of the French Republic · President of the French Republic, France · 29 Oct“to establish the concept of forward deterrence”
- Ambassador Holland · UK Ambassador to the OSCE, United Kingdom · 29 Oct
“The Berlin Process is helping to deliver practical progress on integration, resilience and reconciliation, strengthening the Western Balkans and, in doing so, strengthening Europe as a whole.”
- Ambassador Holland · UK Ambassador to the OSCE, United Kingdom · 29 Oct
“Security in the Western Balkans and across Europe is indivisible. The threats we face in Europe do not stop at borders.”
- Ambassador Holland · UK Ambassador to the OSCE, United Kingdom · 29 Oct
“Our response to malign actors seeking to exploit divisions within our societies and weaknesses in our institutions must therefore be broader than security alone.”
- Ambassador Holland · UK Ambassador to the OSCE, United Kingdom · 29 Oct
“Stronger institutions build resilience. Economic integration and closer alignment with European standards create opportunity and prosperity.”
- Ambassador Holland · UK Ambassador to the OSCE, United Kingdom · 29 Oct
“For as long as the Berlin Process continues to deliver practical progress strengthening cooperation and resilience, it will remain a relevant and significant framework. And the UK will support it strongly.”
- European Commission · European Commission, European Union · 29 Oct
paraphrase The European Commission is inviting all Member States to participate in a second round of the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) instrument with an allocation of €21.3 billion, as part of the €150 billion in long-maturity SAFE loans adopted in May 2025, to boost defence readiness and support to Ukraine.
- European Commission · European Commission, European Union · 29 Oct
“Member States are also encouraged to use the funds from this second call to strengthen cooperation with Ukraine. This is foreseen by including common procurement with Ukraine into their investment plans. Member States should also prioritise the urgent needs of Ukrainian and Member States' armed forces in the areas of air and missile defence systems, drones and counter-drone systems, and”
- Emmanuel Macron · President of the French Republic, France · 29 Oct
“to establish the concept of forward deterrence”
- Ursula von der Leyen · President of the European Commission, European Union · 29 Oct
“Canada cannot become a full-fledged member of the EU because of geography, but we both want to bring our relationship to the highest level possible”
- Ursula von der Leyen · President of the European Commission, European Union · 29 Oct
“Canada becoming the first associate member of the European Union. Our idea is simple: it is an 'association without accession'. But we can replace accession with a 'common ambition and vision'”
- Ursula von der Leyen · President of the European Commission, European Union · 29 Oct
paraphrase Achieving associate membership would require closer alignment on policies across areas including AI, climate, energy and security
- Ursula von der Leyen · President of the European Commission, European Union · 29 Oct
“It means more work shared by the European Commission and the Canadian government, for example. This cooperation could also entail Parliament to Parliament, between our two parliaments; and Court to Court”
- Ursula von der Leyen · President of the European Commission, European Union · 29 Oct
paraphrase Associate membership would entail closer alignment in each other's programmes and is open only to the EU's closest partners outside Europe willing to chart a new frontier together
- Ursula von der Leyen · President of the European Commission, European Union · 29 Oct
paraphrase The EU will deepen Canada's engagement in Erasmus+ so more young people can meet and learn from one another
- Ursula von der Leyen · President of the European Commission, European Union · 29 Oct
paraphrase The EU is working to strengthen Canada's participation in the next generation of Horizon Europe so researchers and scientists can collaborate and innovate together, and is working together on skills and qualifications so professionals can work more easily on both sides of the Atlantic
- Ursula von der Leyen · President of the European Commission, European Union · 29 Oct
“We are witnessing a deeper decay in the international order. Alliances and assumptions that have enabled our prosperity and security are changing rapidly”
- Ursula von der Leyen · President of the European Commission, European Union · 29 Oct
“the international order will also be built from Europe, with Canada as part of it”
- Ursula von der Leyen · President of the European Commission, European Union · 29 Oct
“This is why we will build an Alliance for the Future, and we start with Canada”
- Ursula von der Leyen · President of the European Commission, European Union · 29 Oct
“The ties of one single supplier we once saw as guarantees of stability are increasingly turned into instruments of pressure”
- Ursula von der Leyen · President of the European Commission, European Union · 29 Oct
“This is why the European Union and Canada will build a single space for strategic supply chains”
- Ursula von der Leyen · President of the European Commission, European Union · 29 Oct
“last year, imports of Canadian critical raw materials to the European Union jumped by 62% in value, reaching an impressive EUR 3.3 billion, that is CAD 5.18 billion”
- Ursula von der Leyen · President of the European Commission, European Union · 29 Oct
“Thanks to CETA, bilateral trade has grown more than 80%”
- Ursula von der Leyen · President of the European Commission, European Union · 29 Oct
paraphrase The EU and Canada will team up on AI to tackle safety and security issues of runaway AI, develop together rules, standards and strong global governance putting human agency first, invest in AI infrastructure, bring researchers together and help deep-tech start-ups compete globally
- Ursula von der Leyen · President of the European Commission, European Union · 29 Oct
“tomorrow, we will finalise our agreement to bring Canada into Europe's infrastructure for supercomputing”
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