The Munich Security Conference is underway with European efforts to end the fighting in Ukraine expected to dominate.<br /><br /> Some 400 politicians and experts will spend the next three days discussing the crisis as well as the global fight against terrorism.<br /><br /> There was controversy before the talks began with Turkey refusing to attend because of Israel’s participation. Relations between both countries remain strained since a major rupture in 2010, when Israeli soldiers killed nine Turks travelling in a Turkish-led humanitarian aid convoy attempting to break a blockade of Gaza.<br /><br /> NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made clear the focus would be on Ukraine and the Franco-German peace initiative.<br /><br /> “The situation is critical and it’s urgent to find a solution and therefore I and NATO give our full support to this renewed initiative,” he said.<br /><br /> Also close to the top of the agenda is Russia’s alleged increased military activity, on the edges of UK airspace as well as other alliance states
