>> mr. president, will you publicly condemn putin? >> it won't be publicly, we aren't in there. >> [laughter] >> secretary of state mike pompeo will be on capitol hill this week to talk about north korea and the presidents meeting with russian president vladimir putin. we will have live coverage of that senate foreign relations hearing wednesday at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span three. you can also watch online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app erin -- radio app. in moscow, russia and waterproofing address russian ambassadors about foreign policy objectives and diplomatic at -- efforts.

he spoke about his encounter with president trump in helsinki and accused the u.s. of downplaying what he thought were positive thoughts of the meeting. present boudin was introduced by russia's foreign minister. this is 20 minutes. >> we start the ninth meeting of russia's ambassadors and plenipotentiary representatives. ♪

>> mr. president, colleagues, i would like to express my sincere gratitude to the president of the russian federation, vladimir putin, for paying so much

attention to the diplomatic service in terms of the -- terms of what we do his , assessment of our actions and also social support for our diplomats. we understand that given the current situation in the international arena, the responsibility that lies on all the diplomatic workers and diplomatic missions in implementing the policy defined by the president is immense. and we will always do our best to prove up to the task. we would also thank the government of the russian federation, members are present here working together. we will be able to create necessary conditions in

international arena for our country to development. i give the floor to the president of the russian federation, mr. vladimir putin. president putin: thank you. colleagues. i am happy to see you at our traditional meeting. first of all i would like to thank the leadership of the foreign ministry, all the veterans of the diplomatic service for your contribution in developing international work. -- cooperation of our country. our diplomatic mission work together in a well coordinated way. given the current situation in the world, russia has been consistently pursuing an independent and well balanced foreign policy. russia's involvement in international affairs is based on our key national interests. to create favorable and safe

conditions for our country's breakthrough development to address social and economic tasks at hand, improve quality of life for our people. our people want russia to be a strong, independent country. we are open to having people partnership with our countries and regional alliances. being a permanent member of the u.n. security council, russia will always remain committed to the basic principles of this organization's sovereignty, equality, noninterference in the affairs of other states and fair resolution of all conflicts. working collectively based on international law we can address the most complex international issues. our pursuit of global security and stability countering new threats and challenges is in much demand worldwide.

our allies share our views on the basic principles of the new world order. these countries constitute a majority of the population. this is the approach that we will use in resolving international crisis. in syria, we were able to defeat international terrorism, isis, and other terrorist groups. thus we were able to preserve the statehood of syria and create conditions for the restoration of the syrian economy and bringing back refugees. once again i would like to thank our military for their professionalism. and of course diplomats too. they were also very much involved in what we're doing in syria.

russia is doing work in the process. earlier this year, we held syrian national dialogue in sochi, which was hugely successful, creating preconditions for legitimate restoration of the syrian. the next step would be introduction of the new constitution under the agents of the united nations. humanitarian efforts to support syria are always important. this is important for syria, for this region. as a whole. and for many other countries around the world. because this would decrease the immigration burden on european countries. collective efforts and dialogue. it's what russia has always

proposed for the korean peninsula as well. we work together in china to prepare a plan to normalize the situation there. we are happy that the principles proposed by us proved useful. the parties came to the negotiation table and abandoned actions which could have caused dramatic consequences. recent positive trends which were partly due to the efforts taken by president trump will continue further. we also have negative examples where agreements we have reached together are abandoned. for example, i'm referring to the steps taken by the united states in withdrawing from the joint comprehensive plan of action. currently it is extremely important to preserve this deal and prevent uncontrolled growth of tensions in the middle east,

and the situation in southeastern ukraine remains complex. the reasons are the same. the current ukrainian authorities refuse to honor the commitments they have made in resolving this conflict. they are unwilling to engage in a dialogue with their own citizens. instead, relying on force. we still believe that the minsk agreements remain the only foundation for a peaceful resolution of the situation. we don't do this just for the sake of some abstract greatness or to create problems for others. our goal is to create conditions for our country's economic development within the next few years. russia should secure a place among the top five economic superpowers in the world and improve living standards of our

people. to achieve these strategic goals we have to take advantage of all the opportunities that we have in the international arena. we should be practical, securing new markets, bringing in new technology. overcome existing barriers that stand in the way of russian companies working abroad. the principles of competition and openness are often replaced with protectionism in international trade today. it's replaced with political expediency, trade being politicized. russia's foreign policy on the country should be more economically oriented and more rational. it is particularly important to create good neighborly relations. security and stability around

our country. the eurasian economic union is a key integration project for russia. we are happy our partners are working together with us and this work is quite effective. we use growth to stimulate the growth of the economies of all member states and we want people and companies to feel the practical result of this work. we have a free trade zone with vietnam. we are engaged in talks with israel. serbia, singapore soon will start up with india. we have prepared a free trade agreement with iran. on the whole we have about 50 treaties being prepared with euro-sec. we have good prospects in

working together with china. the china initiative of one belt, one road and working with eurosec complement each other. harmonoizing this project will provide a strong foundation for a greater asian partnership for economic cooperation free from all sorts of barriers. this is the logic we should also use in developing our relations with the european union. despite current difficulty the e.u. remains one of our key trade partners. we have a lot of economic interests in common with the e.u. for decades, we have been developing together our transport infrastructure. all the business project we was with europe including, for example, northstorm two are commercial. there is no political subtext to it. the key to ensuring security and stability in europe is in expanding cooperation and rebuilding trust, not in deploying new military bases and

military infrastructure close to russian borders which is what is happening right now. such aggressive actions posing direct threat to russia. we will respond to them appropriately. to our colleagues who seek escalation, trying to draw ukraine or georgia into nato should consider the consequences of their irresponsible policies. what we need today is constructive, positive agenda bringing our positions closer. this is what we discussed in my meeting with u.s. president donald trump. even though our views are different we both agreed that relations between russia and the u.s. are unsatisfactory in many

ways, they are even worse than during the cold war. it would be naive to think that problems that have been accumulated over the years can be resolved within just a few hours, nobody expected that of course. still, we started on our way toward this goal. it is good we had an opportunity to have a proper meeting. we will have to wait and see how -- how events will unfold. certain forces in the u.s. want to play down the effect. i would like to say a few words, ad-lib, if you will. we know there are certain forces in the united states would be -- which would be happy to sacrifice u.s.-russia relations

for the sake of their political goals. they are ready to sacrifice this. u.s. companies are losing millions in contracts and jobs. cooperation with russian partners. they are willing to sacrifice the interest of allies in europe and in the middle east. for example, i'm referring to israel. we also talked about golan heights when we talked about syria. it seems like they're not interested in that. they're also willing to sacrifice the issues of their own security. i'd like to point out to you in 2021 the new start treaty will

expire. we can live without this treaty, just a few years ago we could have lived without this treaty but we did the right thing and signed this treaty and we need to start working today to extend the treaty. otherwise, in a year and a half, it will just run out, and there will be no more treaty any longer. when i talk about these forces in the united states, you know, this is not in line with our political philosophy because we've always been taught that people who work for the state in the interest of their nation should first and foremost think about the fundamental principles, fundamental values of the country but there are forces in the united states that only care about their own private interests.

these are the kind of people who are pitiful, despicable people. as they were described in soviet books. but on the contrary, i think these people are quite smart sometimes. for example, when they want to feed their stories to people they use this, not to praise -- they do this not to praise someone or criticize someone, the reason i mention this is because i want us to take this into account in our practical work when we deal with americans. these are just facts that we face today. russia is open to develop context with the united states as long as they're based on

equality. this is not something that just our two countries need. the whole world needs this. being two nuclear superpowers we have special responsibility for global security and stability. now i'd like to say a few words on a couple of different subjects. -- a totally different subject. the world cup has just completed. we had many world leaders visiting our country and also hundreds of thousands of football fans from all over the world. they saw a different kind of russia. russia that is open to the world. russia that is friendly. this is a breakthrough, this is what we call popular democracy and you made an important contribution to that as well. congratulations. thank you. colleagues, of course, the burden on the foreign ministry, on the diplomatic mission, will only keep increasing more and more. but i would like to assure you

that russia's leadership will always do everything necessary to support you, take care of your material situation, protect people who work in the foreign ministry. we had made a number of important decisions. at the same time, on the subject of sensitive issues, salary, social guarantees for your family members, housing conditions, we haven't been able to fully resolve those issues yet and i would like the cabinet, the government, to pay special attention to these matters and not deal with them in a bureaucratic manner. we need to provide proper conditions for our diplomats to perform their professional functions. this is extremely important. this concludes the first part of my speech and the next part will

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suspiciouswas very of women. he had no gallantry. coldest -- he had the coldest eyes i've ever seen. very big blue cold eyes. all i could think of is i wonder what would happen if he was interrogating me. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern. >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues. coming up monday morning, reuters white house correspondent and the national journal staff correspondent. advocate nina olson will discuss irs perform. watch live at 7:00 eastern monday morning to join

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