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report. reporter: one other thing specifically in lebanon. the cians, they are saying this get out while you can. is matt: it is still the same for americans as it has been. e always review and update based on matters on the ground changed. reporter: both the secretary yesterday in your readout and defense secretary austin talk about the importancef o lebanon, racing this with the defense minister. wh your assessment on that? are we headed to -- what are the chances right now? matt: would never want to assign a percentage chance to anything ofd say that we think a diplomatic resolution is possible. we thi and will i say that the -- i will say that gallant confirmed to the secretary yesterday that is israel's preferred outcome. they would prefer a diplomatic resolution to situation in the north of israel. we'll continue to pursue that because it's in the interest of all the parties most importantly in the interest of the thousands of

israeli and lebanese families who have been displace interested their homes and reporter: you said galan indicated wanted a diplomatic resolution. do you think that's -- is that shared aoss the israeli government? the prime minister saying to the north -- is that consistent with the position? matt: are a broad spectrum of actors inside the israeli governm speak for all of them. can i say in all our meetings with senior government ministers, they have time and time again expressed to that their preferred resolution is a diplomatic one. reporter: first i want to start i can ask you for reaction to med medicine son's frontiers. saying one of their colleagues was killed in an attack morning. the attack killed five other people including three children. matt: obviously we mourn the loss of any i don't have any ticks with regard to that specific want to see any civilians killed in this

conflict that's one of the reasons why we continue to pursue a cease-fire. reporter: i want to take a st back for a second. just go over the past nine ol have repeatedly raised potential war crimes and crimes against committed by israel in gaza. that has included casualty events that result interested strikes. sexual abuse in detention. allegation thereof. as well as malicious destruction of civilian property. many of these cases you called on israel to investigate itself.eaking are you satisfied with how your ally has responded matt: i'm going to say they have a number of openons into potential war crimes. i don't want to pass judgment on have been conducted until they have concluded. and there are a number that are ongoing. i will say separate and from what israel is doing, the united states is undertaking of potential war crimes in this conflict. those rev that's separate from anything israel is doing. reporter: thank you. there are some reports speaking about hamas' thinking to move iraq,

and the iraqi government to cause the hamas leaders. do you have any c matt: i have seen the report. we made clear that no c should carry out business as horrific actions of october 7. we would hope no countruly hamas. reporter: have you received any signs from the iraqi government? matt: wouldn't teak sak to private conversations. reporter: they are threatening u.s. forces to leave iraq what they said in the last full month guarantee they gave to the iraqi government to work with you to set a deadline for withdrawal in ire iraq has passed and it'expire going to resume their attacks on the u.s. forces in iraq no deadline for the u.s. withdrawal in iraq. this is not something we are wishing for. how are you going to prevent this attacks not being resumed in iraq? matt: with respect to the status of the u.s. forces in iraq.

i'll pentagon. we have long made clear that our forces there at the invitation of the government of iraq anti-terrorist activities that benefit the iraq and if our forces are attacked, we'll ond appropriately and hold those responsible accountable. reporter: do you take these statements seriously when they say we matt: i'll rest on what i said a moment ago about what our sture is towards any entity that would attack u.s. forces. in the region. reporter: so if israel does plan to intensify combat along its northern border with lebanon will forewarned to get u.s. citizens cleared? matt: i'm a hypothesis a we are trying to avoid an escalation in obviously the safety and security of u.s. citizens overseas is our fi monitor ongoing dynamics and advise u.s. citizens accordingly. reporter: canada is considering

plans to evacuate citizens from lebanon. is the u.s. considering similarlans or changes? matt: i believe i got this question five minutes ago. it's something that we always monitor when it comes to the safetycitizens. i don't have any upgreat dates. reporter: finally the house appropriations bill for the state department does have the -- consists of cut in funding. what's the administration's response to that? matt: i'm not going to comments gislation from here. thank you. reporter: couple questions if i could. it's been a while. the u.s. vetoed multiple u.n. security council resolutions for months, of course, but finally drafted one itself had accepted the cease-fire. you say that they did. other people don't see it that way. my question is about the timing. it came just after the latest orders from the international court of justice on may 24 they ordered israel to not invade rafah. and they stipulated that the

invasion had started on may that the actual purpose of the u.s. backingr to forestall the u.n. security council doing its normal job of instituting the securi? matt: it was not. our purpose in backing that resoluti we saw israel put forward a proposal that we thought offered a real not only a cease-fire, but an enduring into the -- enduring end to the conflict to return hostamethe suffering of the palestinian people. set the conditions for lasting peace. and we thought it was important -- important that the entire world rally around that proposal. that's how we put that resolution forward. reporter: you talk about the hostages. israel hapbible directive. it has orders in place to kill soldiers hrefplt s --b- lest they fall into terrorist groups. utilized on october 7 not just against israeli soldiers but civilians.

aren't we now in situation that israel is using the hapbibleti citizens and other foreign nationals? matt: i'm not familia supposed directive or those reports. certainly -- reporter: you never heard of hapbable? matt: i wouldn't want to comment on that. to go out of the region.reporter: julian assange. matt: i tho we would get there. reporter: i expected it's an matter. matt: you're going to ask me anyway. reporter: what is the importance of the united states important to set this? matt: you're right it's an i'm limited in what i can say. i can't say anything about that. i know the justice department has published court duments related to the case. he's scheduled to appear in court in the coming hours. it is a pending case about to go before a federal judge it's important not to comment. reporter: i'll try more. australian citizen. can you talk about the nature of

the discussions betwee and israeli? was this -- australia. ma: while the matter is pending i can't comment. today i'll refrain re-- refrain from commending. reporter: a source of disagreement between straeula and the united states. do you consider this matter is cusp of being resolved? matt: i think i'm going toas the depp of justice spokesperson. when we had a matter pending in about to go before a federal judge, i would have objected tohe state department spokesperson opining on it from the podium. i'm going to decline to do so today. sorry. reporter: maybe you could tell about having this case heard by a a trench? matt: i think that is a matter for the department of justice to comment on not the state department. reporter: is it a relief for the

state department when it comes to the i hate to interrupt. i only interrupt to say y the same answer that i have given with respect to the others. it isn't ae this is pending and about to go the matter is not yet resolved. once it is it might be different. reporter: about the implications for diplomacy. azerbaijan is on the record saying -- matt: that's interesting pivot. i interrupted95ere are others out there also. do you feel it does open upr you the engagement -- matt: i do not -- i don't want to draw a connection between this case and any other. reporter: keny you comment on the protests that have been happening ouide the parliament after a bill was passed to raise taxes? matt: we condemn the violence protests in

nairobi andoss of life and injury sustained. offer our condolences to the families who lost loved onces. we urge restraint to provide order. reporter: related to kenya does thewepbian troops head -- kenyan troops are heading to haiti? the on that with haiti? matt: i will defer to kenya to speak to the exact details. my understanding they have future if they haven't already. reporter: some of the rights groups were saying that, look what's happening in nairobi right now. the use of live rounds s could this bode ill for haiti? concern with how kenyan forces are handling the protests. said when it comes to the violence in the government to kpher size restraint -- exercise restraint when it comes to m.s.s., in conjunction with the kenya government. the united states united states has worked with governments to vet their

pen nell and will fin to personnel that will participate in the mission because it's important the haitian people be respected. reporter: what is your expect on the8 trial tomorrow tom? matt: i don't expect free and fair trial being been brought in the first place. with respect to the c that personnel from the embassy are traveling to be on hand for the trial. it's unclear whether they'll beattend or not or attend portions. if there are portions that are opened and other portions closed. we intend to be there to the extent we restrictions by the government of russia. we tend to be inhe courtroom whenever we can. reporter: that's not the matt: i'll let the embassy speak to who reporter: do you know how long -- matt: we don'tporter: the embassy staffers -- is not the same as attending the proceeding. know that

until tomorrow. after the proceedings we'll have a statement where we make clear what it is we are able to do in terms of observing. reporter: russia's main motive in this case in terms -- matt: i'm not going to speak to their motivations this apprehending him in the first place. but it's clear it's annalism. they have made false claims about his behavior, his actions about associations with the united states governme simply aren't true. all i can say is we going to continue to try to secure the release of he sreufp -- tkpwer could he -- gershvocitch. we have made clear there are atrocities committed by russian forces in their illegal invasion of ukraine and there should be accountability for those. we support range of international inv into russia's atrocities in ukraine including the one

conducted by the i.c.c. reporter: are you actively helping i.c.c.rsue this case? are you sharing evidence with offering active help with regards to this case? matt: i don't want too any -- what would be private conversations or channels between us or any agency conducting these inv as i said, we support the investigation conducted by the as other accountability investigations. in terms of private i think i'll keep those private. reporter: the russians today had a number of european news outlets on the bans -- matt: it's another sign of the russian government cracking down on journalism because they are afraid of their own peoplearing the truth. hearing the truth about russia's actions inside russi the actions by the government to repress their own people. aboutto invade a neighbor. and illegally occupy its we have seen them cracking down on unfortunately that continues.

reporter: violence in pakistan is;l not stopping for some reason. a couple days ago a man was dragged out from a police station by a mob on blasphemy allegations and burned to death. we have seen horrible images. about these incidents? matt: we are extremely concerned by t condolences to the family of the victim and to those injured in the mob -pbs violence. we are always concerned by incidents of religiously motivated violence. violence or threat of violence against another person is aceptable form of express. we oppose blasphemy laws anywhere in the world including pakistan. reporter: another incident, force in punjab province destroyed the 17 graves of a minority community. andhey did that under the pressure of the when you see the police forces attacks on

minorities and their graves, how concerning is this? matt:we are aw reports and continue to urge the pakistan think authori freedoms of all. we make that clear both publicly and privately.freedom of religion expression, freedom o association justice barrett: back reporter: pakistan has been on the list. thereas been no improvement. has the state department taken up the issue when you meet your pakistani counterparts. matt: regularly engage with our pakistani counterparts on religious freedom and treatment of religious minorities. we remained concerned of the systematic ongoing violences of fundamental freedoms. we have made this clear not only in pakistan's concerned. but the international country report on human rights practices. reporter: trafficking in on bangladesh. you placed some effort taken by the government prosecution

prevention. one of them is the trafficking rohingya population. over one mohingya refugees in bangladesh right now. any plan to assist the government matt: let me take that question and get you an answer. reporter: another question about the same area. hostile military activitiesg on near st. maarten island that bangladesh only one island is there. that cooperate wit posed by hostile military activityies near st. maarten island to the bay ofallon -- bengal. matt: i will take that and get you an answer as w reporter: the traffics report. accordin that report which is based on the international organizations, is syria along

with groups, isis and al qaeda and others, recruit and use boys and girls, child soldiers. alsot month the united nations reported that the organizations force tkpwhreufully recuted children into tir a ranks in 2022 in syria. doing thatrtners in syria, what are the possible steps by the u.s. them. should we expect from the united states sanctions or other ste steps i want to preview from the podium. reporter: underrian expect -- meet mr. putin next month -- matt: we have seen the reports. a visit confirmed by either of the countries. see them confirmed by the governments in question. reporter: investment in israel ha declined 68% during the last quarter of 2023. g.d.p. plunged almost 20%.

there is a 27% drop in private consumption and almost half a mall people have fled the country according to local sources. how worri, is the u.s. government about crisis in israel and how to help? matt: obviously there is a cost to any country in going to war. human costs. diplomatic economic costs. that is one of the things y heard the secretary speak to when he's in the region. for israel's long-term security, israel's long-term economic integration in the region it's important that we get a just we get a cease-fire, but also we advance plans to reconstruct gaza. to advance palestinian-l governance in gaza. and ultimately lead lasting peace and security and stability in the region because thawill the palestinian people. it will benefit the people of israel and everyone in the reporter: do you have a written or public statement from they don't

support the cease-fire considering that, according to you, they were the ones who were previously months proposed something? matt: they came back several week and rejected the proposal on the table in written form. they gave us written response that rejected the proposals put forward by biden had outlined that the united nations security council world had endorsed. we don't make the text of that public. these are very sensitiv negotiations. this is a written rejection and counterproposal that ce from hamas. reporter: do you accept statistics or the premise -- i can't speak to statistics at all. reporter: do you been a sleight -- matt:l use my own words. i stand by everything i said. not asking where you came from. aim asking if he agrees. matt: i very rarely can attest to me i'll see what thegovernment says.

reporter: in pakistan they are discussing this mil operation again in tribal areas whichmy hometown. i think talking about the man getting burned, that is also my's where my major readership is. were killed by taliban. that's myeadership, my hometown. my journalism has been filled with these things. that's why sometimes i g a little crazy asking questions to you. i apologi sometimes. this recent incident also happened in pakistangovernment is again thinking about doing a military operation results since last 25 years that at least i have been reporting for the general told me the. pack and u.s. has military and isis is a threat over there. can you explain what this administration has done since this taliban regime in afghanistan and its affect on particularly? i believe you guys have supported administration has helped the t and -- matt: as you heard me say before. the pakistani people have suffered tremendously from terrorist attacks.

no country should have to suffer such acts of terror. the united states and pakistan have a shared interest in combating threats to regional support. we support their efforts to combat terrorism.sure the safety and security of its citizens in a manner that promotes the rule of law and protection our partnership with pakistan original includes our high level counterterrorism dialogue, including funding robust counterterrorism capacity programs and supporting a series of u.s.-pakistan military to military engagements. reporter: one more, sir. a little bit lighter but a serious note. cricket -- this was going to be about cricket. lost. but the cricket chairman, the guy in charge of this whole my question is, why so many serious things happening there, how can a guy be a cricket chairman, interior minister. who takes care --ub enchairman journalist, do you not tell to pakistan, this thing or it's going to get out of hands?

matt: i don't in any way, shape, or form have an answer to that question. reporter: thank you so pakistani prime minister completed his visit in june. the chinese side concerns oninese -- the security threat about them. and now the operations government announced it is believed that there is a chinese intention in this operation. here from u.s. house foign hearings that chinese projects in pakistan is tracked by u.s. in pakistan. matt: let me take that a back. repo: when you say like freedom of informa. freedom of speech. pa to -- pakistan is going to introduce tkerb introduced cybersecurity. india internet control to control --5,!t

you say like -- it's own loss. how can matt: without specificking to the reports or made clear that we oppose any attempts to crack people's access to the internet, the world. reporter: the "wall street journal" interviewed, in the interview heese government for shows hostility to the u.s. and people-to-people ties. president xi an president biden to insraoes people-to-people ties. does the state department agree with the characterization? matt: i agree with everything the ambassador said. it has been a priority for this administration to increase people-to-people ties. we have seen progress in that we have cultural exchanges. we have seen an increase in the number of flights, direct countries and work on that continuous. at the same tim ambassador said, the increased p.r.c. interference and cultural programming and the p.r.c. since november runs

counter to the commitments thaeud maid at the summit and suggest tof increased people-to-people connections is different to ours. something raised when we were in our last tripo beijing where he made clear to senior members of the chinese that as much as we want to see people-to-people ties strengthened, it's very hard to do that when the chinese government harasses u.s. citizens or chinese citizens who attempt to participate in american programs. we think it's in the interest of both our countries to increase the ties. that's what the ambassador was making clear. more. last week represent kwr*ul congressional delegation to india to meet withe united states for knee treatment. they were expressing support for the tibetan people. the chinese foreign ministry reacted harshly to this. do you have a comment? matt: i don't. with that i think i'll wrap

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