Source: United States Senator for Connecticut – Chris Murphy
February 19, 2022
WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Friday and Saturday reaffirmed U.S. global leadership at this year’s Munich Security Conference. Murphy met with Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney to strengthen transatlantic ties and reaffirm support for Ukraine. He also met with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al Saud to reaffirm support for re-entering the Iran nuclear deal and promoting regional stability. Murphy also spoke on climate change and national security at a lunch co-hosted by the Center for American Progress and the Italian Institute of International Affairs.
Murphy joined Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)’s bipartisan delegation to the Munich Security Conference (MSC). The MSC is widely considered the world’s leading forum for international security policy. The conference is a “marketplace of ideas” where initiatives and solutions are developed and opinions are exchanged. It also provides a venue for diplomatic initiatives and ideas to cooperatively address the world’s most pressing security concerns.
Other members of the congressional delegation include U.S. Senators Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Chris Van Hollen (R-Md.), and U.S. Representatives Mike Turner (R-Ohio), James Langevin (D-R.I.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), and Ronny Jackson (R-Texas.).
Additional Information on the 2022 Munich Security Conference
YouTube Channel of 2022 MSC Panels and Discussions
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