ACP Director Moritz Ehrmann once again organized the “Austrian Forum for Peace” in Schlaining, Burgenland, in the second week of July. The focus was again on Austria’s role as a potential international peace mediator in a wide variety of global conflict areas.
Ehrmann in an interview on krone.tv: “The world is currently experiencing a record number of conflicts. There are currently more than at any time since the Second World War.” That is why states without a colonial past, which are also considered “neutral,” would be very desirable in international conflict mediation. Ehrmann: “There is great demand for Austria as a mediator in the world.” A conflict zone in which the Alpine Republic could offer itself in this respect would be Sudan, a conflict that is often forgotten. The same applies to Libya, for example. Ehrmann: “There are no easy answers to all these conflicts. But Austria can act as a credible mediator here.”
No role in Ukraine and the Middle East
In the war in Ukraine, however, Austria would no longer be seen as neutral by Russia, even if the Austrian Republic did not supply Ukraine with weapons. In the Middle East, too, Austria’s earlier mediating role from Kreisky’s time was wasted in Israel’s war against the Palestinian Hamas. Mediation in these conflicts is currently hardly possible.
Watch the full interview in the video above!
Source: Krone
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