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Grace Theodoulou
Feb 19, 2026
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While the world’s biggest annual migration, which took place in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) during the travel rush of the Lunar New Year – celebrated on Monday – may have captured global headlines, significant geopolitical developments took place behind the scenes. At the Munich Security Conference, Marco Rubio, Secretary of State of the United States (US), and Wang Yi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PRC, gave their speeches, in which they tried to reassure the European Union (EU) that they had not forgotten Brussels.

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