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00:00 This is a summit with huge security implications, and the symbolism of it taking place right
00:06 in Russia's backyard can't be overstated.
00:09 This is, of course, just one hour away, this castle where the summit is taking place today,
00:15 one hour away from Transnistria, which is a Russian-occupied area, breakaway region
00:20 of Moldova for the past 30 years, and, of course, right next to the border with Ukraine,
00:25 a country at war.
00:26 There are 47 heads of state and government converging on Mimi Castle just outside the
00:32 Moldovan capital today, and they will be discussing various European security concerns.
00:38 But obviously, the Ukraine war will dominate.
00:41 The security arrangements for them have been very tight.
00:44 The airspace over Moldova is blocked today.
00:48 Most of the leaders will just be coming in for the day and then coming right out, rather
00:52 than spending the night, again, over security concerns.
00:55 So this is a big operation today in terms of journalists there.
00:59 Their coverage, their access has been very, very restricted.
01:03 But the big item on the agenda is the Ukraine war.
01:07 There will be other security aspects to be talked about today.
01:09 We're not expecting any major announcements.
01:12 However, there will be meetings between Armenia and Azerbaijan, who are both attending, and
01:17 also there will be meetings between the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo, where violence flared
01:22 up in Kosovo this week, bringing in NATO troops into the destruction.
01:27 So that, I think, is probably the most urgent thing they'll be discussing today.
01:30 There's talk about a meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor
01:35 Olaf Scholz, and the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo to try to dial down the tensions that
01:41 are happening there right now.