be the maximum selection, but if it turns into simply after some positions are transferred by ambassadors, well, as a rule, we are talking about ambassadors, then in the end, after a period of time, this will hit very hard on the motivation of career diplomats, who sometimes spend 20-25 years in order to , in order to reach such a level, on the one hand, on the other hand , they understand that it may not be necessary to engage in... er , this kind of practice, just diplomatic, and you can, you may not know the entire vienna convention, well, i jumped out immediately, so yes, it has a bad effect, especially if the proportion of these the number of political appointments is already skyrocketing, that's true, look at the last dozen appointments, you will understand everything, and there is a second issue here, which can be solved even with this approach, with this model, unfilled positions, something needs to be closed somehow.

with this publicized initiative of the embassies of africa, which did not end in anything, you remember the competition, where everyone wants to go to africa, let's be ambassadors, it did not end in anything, it seems that a year has already passed, that is, more than 20 positions in the world have not been filled, well there are some that should be paid more attention now, and norway is the same, and norway is now making a lot of efforts to help ukraine, there is the issue of the czech republic, but it seems to be closing down there now. well, there are countries in asia such as the philippines, malaysia, that is, there are, there are places where it is simply very necessary to have its ambassadors right now, well, everyone knows this, but in principle , the impression is that these vacant positions remain for other purposes. mr. valery, to finish this conversation, i will ask you, not as a diplomat , but as a politician, why do you think zaluzhny agreed to this proposal? as...

uh, not a diplomat, i'll tell you, ask valery fedorovych zaluzhny and the president of ukraine, these are basically their questions. thank you friends, i will remind you that we are conducting a survey during our broadcast, and we ask you about whether you approve of the appointment of a diligent ambassador to great britain, everything is quite simple on youtube, yes, no, or write your comment under this video, well and you can take part in our survey that we are conducting. on the air by telephone lines, if you believe that the appointment of a worthy ambassador in uk is perfectly acceptable and you approve 0800-211-381 no 0800-211-382 all calls to these numbers are free call us we care what you think and most importantly don't forget to support this stream your likes on youtube, one more.

the event, which took place after the announcement that zaluzhny would go as ambassador to great britain, is the annual address to the congress of the united states of america by president joe biden, and he began his address on the topic of the need to support ukraine. let's listen to what the president of the united states said states of america. putin invaded ukraine, and he will not stop there. but ukraine can stop putin if we stand with her and give her the weapons she needs, and that's all ukraine is asking for, she's not asking for our soldiers, there's not a single us soldier in ukraine, and i'm determined to make it happen, but now aid to ukraine is being blocked by those who want to leave. world leadership. mr. valeriu,

tell me, was joseph biden convincing in his speech? well, in principle, american viewers are now saying just that after the performance, that the first issue was ukraine, and the struggle for democracy in the world. freedom and further about nato , the us president said, this gave him dynamism in his speech, such confidence, because there were a lot of other questions about the internal american situation, where there are different opinions of supporters of the current position of the us president, but here, well, no one could even being there in the hall somehow show even speaker johnson that he is against this approach, although you... speeches, of course, are speeches, and although this

speech, the address to the nation, in fact, the state of the union, the state of affairs in the state, i.e. it... is very widely broadcast, many people see it, and in this regard, it is a very good impulse to pay attention to the issue of aid to ukraine again, very good , at the beginning it was so concentrated, it is safe to say that it's very good, so i can only approve of it, but i will say that joseph biden has spoken very powerfully before, and in principle i will hope that now this speech, he is not from'. now the pace of acceptance of the aid package there, the pace is, i think they will eventually get there, but decisive steps must be taken now, i would advise you to quickly make some decisions there for at least 200-300 million for immediate needs, i.e.

those needs at the front that are now needed in the coming weeks, and shells for heimers and for everything else that have already been delivered, thanks to the united states, and... to speed up everything that has already been decided, where the funds have already been allocated, and so that it is at the front, and secondly, after all, the time has come to recognize russia as a country that sponsors terrorism, therefore, well, this is not only such a definition in the usa, it is not only countries, who finance terrorism, the sponsor, as we perceive it, but also the countries themselves, which are involved in such actions, especially now against the background of the statement of the american embassy, ​​i understood in moscow that moscow is preparing terrorist attacks in its own country. that is, well, we have many manifestations , for example, the seizure of the zaporizhia nuclear power station, well, why did they forget about it, somehow it all went into the shadows, that is, i think that we should turn now to talk about insisting that the usa accepted this

decision, there is a decision that the us and the administration can accept unexpectedly, when there will be a package, this saga, which has turned into a soap opera, will continue, it will end there. not that package will be cut on certain other conditions, but it will be, i think the chances of that have increased now after the supreme court decision, when donald trump was actually, well, he was actually allowed to enter this campaign, that is, well, they allowed the wrong word , but they removed certain moments, so i think that the recognition of russia as a sponsor of terrorism, a country sponsoring terrorism, will be a sign, a gesture, not recognition the so-called russian elections and more... a clear position and work in this regard with other partners, it will also be useful, direct rapid military assistance there, where it is possible to allocate from the existing needs, well , it would still be a strong move, for me , a strong move would be after this statement,

the invitation of ukraine to nato at the anniversary summit in washington. joseph biden would go down in history with this decision. i'm not saying right off the bat that it will lead to membership. in nato, but it would be a powerful signal to the kremlin that, in principle, all decisions were made about victory of ukraine. that would be a signal. well, let's see how the decision will be. you already mentioned donald trump, he said in his post on twitter, or not on twitter, in his social network trash social, that biden betrayed ukraine and called him a puppet of putin and xi jinping. i will quote what trump wrote. he said. that i bowed to the russian leader, he gave them everything, including ukraine, i took away nord stream 2, he gave it to them, he was a puppet for putin and xi, and virtually every other leader, trump wrote, at the same time, the former president

of the united states of america emphasized that russia invaded ukraine only because putin does not respect biden, according to him, this would never have happened under the trump administration, well, trump probably forgets that the war is going on. years, and in principle, some of his statements about biden and about what he did not give there, and his flirting about sydney and north korea and other countries, which in one way or another are now putin's allies, are very strange. all these, i would not comment the internal situation, including the statement, is much more important to us ... the following is more important: there was an option that we could be like this, well, outside the campaign, yes, the issue of ukraine, we did not avoid it, so, in principle, maybe it will be good, so that donald trump actually pushed joseph biden there, if you can say so politically, on the issue of ukraine into

the campaign, now the issue of aid to ukraine has become the subject of the election campaign, so it's not so bad, it will be more difficult, of course... to work in this regard, but it will already be the attention of the whole society americans, and you know what that means, it means that the voters also pay attention to it, traditionally in america. foreign policy in general is about the 20th issue there, and now it is not even an issue of the middle east, not even an issue of china, which was heard later, or of south asia, but the issue of ukraine came up again in the discussion, in the debate at the highest level, this is a platform for powerful work ukrainian, that is, we can use it, well, without crossing red lines neatly from the point of view of domestic american politics. this is a new challenge, i think it is necessary remember, it's not up to us, let's say, to choose

the president, it's up to the american people , but i'll say, well, that's also, you know, just look at the statements, uh, i look at the result, i look at the result, and joseph biden does now there is a lot to help, but we want, well, for it to be a slightly different strategy and... and we are looking for such a solution together with allies, and donald trump still made a political decision to provide lethal weapons to ukraine. let 's be honest, a democrat administration hasn't made that decision before, though we showed the same thing, and explained to them how it is wrong, not to do it. it was done under donald trump. i was at those negotiations, i was present directly with the president of ukraine. and the minister of foreign affairs, that is, there was this conversation and specifically lethal weapons, this unspoken embargo

was overcome precisely by the decision of donald trump, no matter how much he can and does not want it right away, so you know, let's not put some stamps on everyone, and for some reason, everyone there started to write off joseph biden, well ukrainian commentators, it's already donald trump, and why? in general, i think that it is completely unpredictable. the result, moreover , let's look at the congress, the elections on november 5 - the house of representatives is completely reshuffled, a third of the senate, and without the senate, without the approval of positions, no president can implement his foreign policy or serious matters in the field of international communication, that is, there is there are a lot of questions, and i assure you that there will be a lot of changes. we will wait for the results of the elections, really, because we already... had them our experience in ukraine is such that some comments that were not acceptable for

one side of the race, then they just responded badly to us, and this should also be remembered. let's talk about emmanuel macron, because over the last month, emmanuel macron has been demonstrating the ability, or let's say, the desire to be one of the leaders of the modern europe, or the leader of... the european continent, and he talked a lot about russia threatening europe, he was gathering leaders 20 european countries and talked about what is happening now in europe continent, which is happening in ukraine, but in parallel, macron met with the heads of french political parties, and today the french press writes about what they discussed with the president. france the possibility, or his words that the french military contingent may

end up in ukraine. what the press writes, referring to fabien roussel, the leader of the communist party in france, says that he says that emmanuel macron mentioned a scenario in which he can initiate an intervention, in particular , the advance of the front towards odesa or towards of kyiv, that is, judging by... what fabien roussel told, macron does not rule out the intervention of the french army on the territory of ukraine, if the russians will attack odessa and kyiv, that is what macron's latest public statements mean, that is, you can't, the french president accidentally mention about sending a military contingent there in some different speeches in different. places , that is, he clearly has some kind of position, he just hints about this position to putin, i

will tell you that it was not a secret for me, i think that what was clear to us, that can to confront the countries of the european union nato with russian provocation and even an attack on their territory, and even despite the fact that it... from ukraine continues, we, our heroic warriors, men and women, restrain this influx, but i believe that there is a high probability, and not 3-5 years, as their intelligence there, or the ministry. defense forces say, much faster and maybe even during such a positional war , such conditions can be created for the enemies of russia to show the inability of the nato countries of the european union to respond to the eastern flanges, therefore sagging is certain in america, and here is the signal that we heard a long time ago, not now, but

somewhere in october, another month, that there will be such a tightening, they heard in europe right away. and immediately raised questions, then serious conversations took place behind closed doors, well, let's say, not public, about how to react, and here we are already seeing the political consequences of those conversations, experts, that is, now in these political conditions, the first has already been accepted in fact as consensus that there is such a threat, it is very serious and may very well be in the coming years, this is the first from the side of russia, the second that europe's responsibility... is growing, therefore europe must wake up and take concrete steps in the field of defense, and the production of weapons, and aid, well, in this case, aid to ukraine, and increase its arsenals, and so on, that is, first of all allocation, first of all, how much money is allocated for it, and the third is competition, well

, is it such a good competition for the leadership of both countries and political figures. in this area, that is why emmanuel macron took such a step ahead of the curve, gathering just in paris on february 26 there are heads of state, and on march 7, precisely , the defense ministers of these 28 countries plus, as i understand it, the secretary general of nato and the head of eu foreign policy, jose borel, and they, with the participation, by the way, of the ukrainian side, they want to speed up and activate these effort, and a lot indeed, emmanuel macron. politically , he is currently taking a lot of such measures before his visit to ukraine, so i hope that olaf scholz will not lag behind in this regard, and we do receive his leadership decision to provide ukraine with taurus missiles. the bundestag accepted such a proposal, the military , as i understand it, also do not see such

drastic counter-responses there, so that for him the question is for... the chancellor of germany and it should not be the traditional competition between the historical and france, germany, which from in principle, it continues somewhere, but they are together allies in the eu and nato, but this is the competition to really achieve leadership in security in europe, because the russian war against ukraine is not only about ukraine, unfortunately, in our it's happening, but it's with ultimatum in europe, nato's ultimatum, and the last thing... that's why euro-atlantic competition is taking place, also don't forget that france at one time withdrew from some of nato's military instruments, tried to be one of the active founders of the western european union, there was such an organization, which had to, well, in fact become an alternative to nato on

the european continent, it is without the usa and... canada has not reached this, this organization has not existed since 2011, so i think that the second stage is exactly emmanuel macron's conversation with joseph biden, i have no information about the plans for such a visit or meeting, but i have no doubt that after in the near future, i think such a meeting, it is absolutely logical, because the chancellor of the non-minority olaf scholz was in washington, and maybe there fathers , here are new... transatlantic points will be considered, because the ramstein format without additional packages of the us military is a little bit, frankly, it is a little bit not so bright now, because they always started with american aid, well, but there are no alternatives to it either will, because without the united states, without its power and the amount

of weapons and types of weapons, will not be able to do this either, but it is all these leaders. such statements are a good sign. you mentioned olaf scholz and the bundestag's decision on long-range taurus missiles, but at the same time , the minister of defense of the federal republic of germany, boris pistorius, says that long-range missiles will not be decisive for the conflict in ukraine, and germany is not going to cross that line, and it seems that pistoris, as well as scholz, are pushed to such a position by the eyes of the russians. by us intercepted conversations of the german military discussing the possible impact of taurus missiles on the crimean bridgehead. this story, a spy story with intercepted conversations, notes on the position of germany and how much will they hold back in handing us the tauruses? it would be surprising if this

story influenced the position of germany, rather it influenced the dialogue between the allies to ensure the secrecy of information, that is, the possibilities for russian, intelligence agencies and others to remove this information, this is the main thing. what happened after this downpour there conversations, and the second point, which is very positive , that they are there, if it is true, if this conversation is true, then there are very correct, specific , some things are said, of a purely technical nature, now regarding if they say that taurus missiles can be there applied in the crimea, excuse me, and what, we have ukraine? observes all export control regimes, a sovereign country has the right to receive weapons from other countries, the more so the right to provide by the un charter, which

germany is a member of the un, that is, ukraine also supports an even greater role for germany, therefore these missiles, when they, or other weapons, that they become in our hands in ukraine, they become our property, they are not property. therefore, if there are concerns about providing some kind of technical support there, it can be solved by training, training, firstly, secondly, sorry, again, there were several arguments, then something will fly around moscow, then they said that let the americans atakams will be provided, the americans have provided atakams, well, i hope they will think now and make another package where there will be longer-range atakamsya, then, well, simple. what are your questions, you are afraid of russia , you are afraid, well, they will come to you, if you continue to pull, it will be rockets, daggers, that's all, no, not the nuclear weapons that

are frightening there, masks are frightening, no , but all these drones will reach you, and these missiles that are now hitting sumy, kharkiv, odesa, zaporizhzhia, kherson will reach you, that is, you want to avoid it, you will not avoid it, you have a unique opportunity to concentrate efforts now. for ukraine on its territory, this is a tragedy for us, but we have every right to do it and, at least, no one to us did not forbid, not even the fact that on our territory, we can respond to attacks from outside, well, we don’t, we didn’t say anywhere, and they know it very well, that ukraine is not trying to capture moscow, will not try to advance there to leningrad, no, but, i'm sorry, but if you don't support us now, that's cynical. a very cynical position, and i do not agree with the minister of defense of germany here, that maybe the missiles alone will not change, but if

there are several hundred atakams, a hundred taurus, there will be f16, there will be all means and there will be more the motivation of ukrainians to defend not only ukraine, but europe, and if not, then i'm sorry, you will have them, i don't want to publicly say what these countries will face then. that is, they understand this very well, that's why politicians lag behind their development very seriously, they lag behind with a certain lag, and germany needs to leave this absolutely phantom fear in the past. mr. valery, against the background of how europe is trying to concentrate, now to group and give answers to the questions that will obviously very soon be before them, special representative china's expert on eurasian issues, lihui, came and made a tour and he was in europe, stopped by kyiv, spoke with ukrainian

officials and spoke, among other things, about the future of ukraine and russia, they have this peace plan with which they always, which they always articulate, but on the eve of this visit to kyiv, the ministry of foreign affairs of china announced the strengthening of russia's friendship with china, and the head of the ministry of foreign affairs of china , wang yi, said this, and he said that we are ready to create and work on the creation of new driving forces cooperation let's hear what he said. as key leading countries of the world and permanent members of the un security council. china and russia have developed a new paradigm of relations between major countries, which differs from the outdated approach of the cold war. based on

the principle of non-alignment, non-confrontation and not targeting any third party, china and russia strive for long-term good-neighborliness and friendship, deepening comprehensive strategic cooperation. china is ready to cooperate with russia for further development, creating new driving forces for cooperation and steadily strengthen the basis of friendship between the two peoples. does the statement mean, mr. valery, that china is still ready to support. russia, which is waging an aggressive war against ukraine? there were several statements, the position is clear, i just don’t know, well, how can you act as a mediator there with such a position, it is difficult to understand here, because after all , there is an obvious imbalance in the attitude towards russia and ukraine, even from the same reports in kyiv, when lihuivs met a representative

for... eurasia, china, and exactly who is involved now, as you said, all the trips are in this , that is, the ukrainian crisis is heard in the official messages, well, that is, well, if, let's start at least with a phrase of recognition of the fact , what is happening, and then we can talk about something further, so what if china will say that it is a ukrainian crisis and ignore the dead children and women of ukraine from missiles. russian, then excuse me, but what can we talk about then? i think that our participants in this conversation hardly managed to change china's position, maybe china just asked something else entirely, is ukraine ready for surrendering the position is in the interests of china, and it is very difficult now, because china, unfortunately , does not change this line, although

it is constructive to prevent this ritual. scanning nuclear weapons by russia and threats, i don't know why the issue can't be discussed in this way, well, it was discussed, but still achieving a result on the zaperizh plant, this is an absolute seizure of a nuclear facility, this is something that china does not tolerate absolutely, and it would then be a huge step forward if russia were forced by joint efforts not to use the captured nuclear plant in europe, for such... military purposes, so in principle i do not expect a change in china's position yet, but to the extent of the change in the situation at the front and the increase of ukraine's capabilities and the decrease of russia's, i am sure that china will also be forced adjust your position. you have already mentioned another statement of one. you probably meant the peace talks, now we will also listen to what

the minister said. of china's foreign affairs regarding possible peace talks, as he says, between ukraine and russia. in the ukrainian issue china has always maintained an objective and fair position and has repeatedly sent special envoys to mediate. the president of the people's republic of china xijin ping personally held in-depth communication with the leaders of various countries, including russia and ukraine. everything we have done is aimed at... one goal - to pave the way and build bridges for the cessation of hostilities and the holding of peace negotiations. tlangiy says what official beijing began to say with the beginning of the great war that there are two sides, they should sit down at the negotiating table, but there was no statement from china that russia should leave the territory of ukraine, and this is the mediation they are offering.

what is it connected with, why they don't want , they don't want to fight with russia, they want russia to be exhausted in the war with ukraine with, well , our western partners who are helping us, that is, why is china so passively reacting to this, well, look, this is a very deep topic, i will not be responsible for china, i will only say one thing if... what does someone think in china, and where, where else, that they will press ukraine, if ukraine were forced to give up part of the territories to russia, and which russia has declared that they are theirs, well, they are occupied there today, and to make peace on this, as they say, then this frees the hands, in many respects, not only of china , to decide