Marco Rubio assures European allies of transatlantic loyalty at Munich Security Conference: ‘We are part of one civilization – Western civilization’
OAN Staff Katherine Mosack
1:32 PM – Saturday, February 14, 2026
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio reassured European allies at a national security conference in Munich, Germany, that the U.S. cares “deeply” about the transatlantic alliance, emphasizing shared Western values.
The 62nd Annual Munich Security Conference coincided with the Valentine’s Day holiday on Saturday, where Rubio delivered remarks for about half an hour.
Rubio declared at the conference that the United States’ “destiny is and always will be intertwined” with Europe’s, because “the fate of Europe will never be irrelevant to our own.”
He argued that the conference’s titular subject of discussion, national security, is not merely technical in nature or a series of questions and answers.
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