Warsaw conference debates security challenges amid war in Ukraine: audio report

A two-day conference focusing on key security challenges facing NATO and the European Union was held in the Polish capital this week.

James Heappey.

Photo: Richard Townshend, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

The Warsaw Security Forum debated a host of international policy issues and transatlantic relations amid Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.

Participants included British Armed Forces Minister James Heappey and Anne-Marie Trevelyan, a minister of state in the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

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"We're going to carry on supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes," Heappey said in an interview with Radio Poland's Khrystyna Pichkur during the conference.

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The 2023 Warsaw Security Forum was organized by the Casimir Pulaski Foundation, a Polish think tank.

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