oh i heard of the. hello mr prime minister and welcome to the program hello what do iraq and russia have in common in terms of their approach to the syrian crisis and do you think the two countries can come up with a joint proposal on how to sell it but of course the crisis is a matter of serious concern both for the countries in the region and for the world's major powers and it's not only countries this issue has been on the agenda for many international organizations we have repeatedly said that we take the syrian crisis as our own problem it is a very important country with its own political position we did warn everyone

earlier and keep in mind that the fire the start and syria spill over the borders to engulf other countries in the region could find it in the end will cover global impact the middle east is one of the major energy producers of the world just like russia we believe that the use of force cannot be a solution to the crisis many other countries now share this approach even those that used to think that supplying arms to the opposition would be sufficient to generate regime change and they recognize that it is impossible to settle the city in crazy use of force this is also russia's position russia has iraq and many other countries are united in their conviction that force will not end the crisis we need to look for a peaceful solution to the political dialogue that is our joint task i mean iraq russia and the whole international community want to help both sides find common ground to agree on a mutually acceptable form of government this new government must be based on the principles of freedom and democracy the syrians must have the right to vote they must have

a constitution and these are the things that the syrian people demanded when they started the revolution but of course not everybody in city agrees with this demand as some groups don't think that reforms are needed we've heard different statements and demands of course dialogue will continue because we are very much concerned about what's going on in syria we have been seriously affected by the situation in the country we have experienced some spillover effects of the. crisis here in iraq we will discuss this issue with their russian counterparts talk about possible ways to make this thing initiatives more effective including the original peace plan put forward by the i believe as opposed to the flawed proposals made during the sessions of the ministerial committee of the geneva agreement according to them there is no military solution to the conflict the agreements call for an end to arms supplies both to the opposition and the regime and unfortunately a number of states ignore these initiatives and continue to send arms to syria which only makes the situation worse this is where russia iraq china and many was the been out of countries in the region agree it is our duty to address this issue

and try to find ways out of this terrible war in which we are afraid i might turn now to a fully fledged regional war. but how would you assess the calls by some countries especially arab countries that have the support of the west for military intervention in order to resolve the crisis in syria. well i give him a piece of brotherly advice forget it he was starts a fire will be destroyed by the fire in the end those who want syria to follow this path have to understand that it will destroy the syrian people that is what's happening in syria right now cities line rules the war rages on and is likely to spill over involving new auditors in the international always you know what religious and political ones if the kid but themselves and their people if they see stability and security if the kid of a city and its people have to stop sowing the seeds of discord i saw it lying arms but they also have to stop thinking it will be them who will see a serious future i met several representatives of the syrian opposition and i felt the understand the threat that is coming from the i don't force us to provide them

with weapons these forces openly declare that they want to interfere in cities affairs of the city and nation is against it do you share the view that it's foreign interference in syria's affairs that's made the situation in the country so dangerous that i'm still looking off and they will keep driving it to an even more dangerous to green until eventually it will backfire and the states that are now sponsoring the syrian opposition all these states will face up peoples and i'm raised due to sectarian violence and foreign interference the spillover effect and expansion of their already feeling about if these countries keep sending arms and using force for a change in regime their stability will be in jeopardy and the situation inside these countries will be not much better than in syria what do you think about the national partnership government is the best form of governance to help to move iraq forward or are there any negative aspects that make that governance less effective and what do you think of the majority government something many other countries rely on that a. partnership government has exhausted both its capacity and agenda it was

necessary previous stages but not any longer right now everyone even the people of iraq feel that the regime of national partnership keeps our hands tied hinders our development stands in the way of the breakthrough what iraq could make in the development of infrastructure. services sector and economic recovery we hear more and more voices now in our society and in parliament are calling for a shift to majority government to make parliament united sort of can pass decisions and laws they would help to rule because right now the government that's paralyzed it can't do anything partnership originally built to pursue a major breakthrough has night degraded to a partnership the generates obstacles because of that we need a majority government and i am working hard to make it a reality both iraqi government and its citizens still suffer from regular terrorist attacks who's behind the violence international players interfering in your affairs or al-qaeda militants opposing the political process or are there any other reasons that the iraqi people are not aware of why is it so hard to take out

these armed groups that are still out there and with. a show of. violence continues and has been done to all the factors you mentioned foreign intervention is fully underway what they want to do is to use these acts of violence to prepare for the next pool city and stage is the same states that are known to feel in syria they are sending arms and militants there over and over again their goal is to change syria then iraq and ultimately the entire region also al qaeda as they came to life again regrettably out of her as part of the arab spring that flooded the streets in the albums of egypt tunisia yemen and slogans groups and terrorist attacks are clear signs of its revival and iraq could not escape and those states that are interfering with either but the really embarrassing thing is the national partnership government cannot be effective in the fight against terrorists and that's a problem when your partner supports both security measures on terrorist acts you get problems so i would like to go into detail man i am only saying that this is

one of the dian say as to the national partnership movement how can we expect security agencies to control the situation when the government's own arms money transport on the nature of the government are used to support those seeking to cut their terrorist attacks. mr really key when iraq was about to buy f six. fighter jet iraqi kurds along with some other neighboring states including the gulf countries voiced their concerns over the future deal are these concerns justified and can they be allayed they are totally unsubstantiated these people may still have old stereotypes of iraq the go back to the times of dictatorship there were kind of tries by reckless operations wars and invasions some regimes big and small still have expansionist ambitions but they have learned no lessons from saddam hussein's experience he had it all troops and offensive capabilities that the end of his career was a disaster these people still believe that just like in the past iraq is still capable of meeting its neighbors concocting conspiracy to attacking other countries like iran who wait and saudi arabia or slaughtering people in its southern northern

regions but today iraq is a different country that does not wage war in its own people the kurds who believe that iraq is taking up arms to fight them or seriously deluded in these talks and no more than political maneuvering used to make up for the mistakes and failures of the past these countries are aware that present day iraq has nothing in common with the dictatorships of the past it is a democratic country which is against the use of force set forth in the laws adopted by its parliament generally speaking our main principle is non interference and affairs of other states but we would like this to be a two way street but the reality is that iraq is located in an arms infested reaching all the neighboring states of impressive arsenals of modern weapons even the smaller states in the region have more weapons than iraq a large state with a rich history for iraq's entitle to self defense and has the right to use different armaments to protect their sovereignty and so they can have the same weapons other countries who claim they need to see weapons or as iraq to defend their sovereignty would later leave their concerns by saying that iraq is not

interested in offensive weapons only defensive ones and indeed we would later have very strong defensive weapons to repel any attack on iraq sovereignty that primitive weapons are enough who we need something very strong and absolutely sophisticated to counter any possible aggression this would make anyone who plans to reach or so. think twice before attacking the rug mr prime minister as commander in chief when do you expect iraq armed forces to reach combat readiness in terms of the size of personnel and materials we already have the number of troops that we need but we are still working on the list of weapons and hardware we are receiving weapons supplies from the us former soviet nations and possibly from russia too in line with the contracts that we signed earlier however we expect to ensure maximum defensive capabilities by twenty twenty according to the plans we have at the moment and the time we expect to reequip the armed forces with powerful weapons to protect iraq alarms and in the air so currently we will still be able to defend the nation but our capabilities need to be maintained on further improved thank you.

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that welcome to the sports and these are the headlines european dream samuel at the schools the second half braces and g.b. young boys to kneel in moscow from a number in the. parties and show you rubin score either side of the interval to beat belgrade nearly has an in their group page in kind. and driving forward to rack up their six win in a row with the six new russian of nova scotia nets in the k h l. let's start there with the europa league where there have been good wins for russian sides and g. and rubin and g.b. swiss side young boys to know the moscow summit that is penalty breaking the deadlock midway through the second half and he wrapped up the game with a second strike in stoppage time and group under joined on four point five not easy

to go to three two with liverpool. to be more whiling group through being got it so you know when part is a great go to nice guy the knees and alexander on target for them it puts them level on points with lead to cruise cheap three one and as. well the goals have also been flying in the cage. not showing up their six try to win with the six north rushing of metal. and instrumental was trackballs look at signing on that i could see in from the national pride it is his long pass setting up. for the first early on and then. got a brace of goals and self in the second period to give his side a come to premier league but the nightmare of the metal was far from over. the school. stanislav chief of. the other end goalie michael garnett had thirty nine saves. to other leading saying in. at the moment and sit on top of the

eastern conference games in hand. while in other games powered outside scored his first to go out of the season is to sack to one and over time make like a new mini got the key goal is a matter of course. to one another sip is the top. and the second successive defeat three nil that one finished our nice to time a limp a pentathlon champion and i must say it has become russia's caretaker coaches hope he can brace the head of the rio olympics after their shock failure to find a podium in london constant to top off as more. russia had been the dominant nation in men's been powerful in over the past decade they arrived at the london games as a red hot favorite having two time olympic champions and they me see in the world number one in the rankings aleksandr to soon on their shit however they seem to have left their talent on the plain this squad failing to even reach that burden

once in the english capital problem is we had the best men's team in the sport and fields after analyzing the results over per form and we understood that our pentathlete were not as fit as they should have been added to that our preparation system was out of date but one cannot criticize this board chiefs for not taking immediate action every single national team coach was sicked well thirty three year old me see free trade from this board to be appointed to russia's caretaker head last week. which i took a little break after the games but didn't announce that i quit the sport also all the offer to become head coach pushed me to retire for good it was a pleasant surprise i really wanted to stay in the sport in some capacity but. spend more than a decade in the sport and is widely regarded as the right person to give up on a shot in the arm and lead the nation to go. called at the next olympics in rio

there's the here and you also have achieved a lot in the sport and now that i've stepped aside i see some things that should be improved i want to transfer my experience to younger pentathlete i know everyone in the national squad very well and hope i can be useful to the team can be addition within the russian team is still very high despite my c.v. we term it as this side remains noted heavyweights in the sport well ahead of the next games in brazil russian been tarpley it can expect to hear some good news and literature in sober the second of monaco is honorary president of the modern pentathlon international federation and he supports the idea of increasing the number of medals the olympics so we hope the i.o.c. will approve it and in rio there will be more pentathlon disciplines. russia's been tough one team used to be compared with football side essentially a dream team at times impossible to beat however even the spanish german states defeat from time to time getting back on the winning trick as soon as possible is

that first priority for the country is pentathlete well dancing to the somebody and celebration in twenty sixteen is of course me and again constantine archie. hughes how sri lanka are the first team through to the final of cricket's world twenty twenty they beat pakistan by sixteen runs in colombo sri lanka won the toss and elected to bat first but they made a slow start and won skipper mahela jayawardene was out for forty to ensure lanka had made just sixty three in the eleven over more wickets the regularly call missing a car it was at eighteen and the host eventually finished on one hundred thirty nine for four after that and andrew matheny's twenty one off the last five years so a modest title for pakistan to chase but the turning point came when the three years was stumped with the score ninety one off fourteen i was and then with the very next ball jade afridi was all for gold and pakistan. and couldn't recover from

that and were restricted to one hundred twenty three for seven in the end winning by sixteen runs to book their place in the final. i think we're really proud of the boys we had a great support. shouting at us on the field it was fantastic feeling sure i think we're a proud nation proud pretty nation and you know everyone will be behind us. on the pitch like that we we actually want to go back but because you know on the pitch like there was turning and you know it was difficult to school runs i think it was not difficult to beat the good but unfortunately we lost some to get in the middle order. of reason i think we couldn't you know come back into the. into the game but still i believe you know what it should have been cheers but unfortunately we couldn't do that well in the final sri lanka will face either a stray or the west indies they play each other on friday the aussie suffered a huge thirty two run defeat to pakistan and their last game in the super eights

but captain george bailey says that was a blip and one dentist team's confidence going into the semi's. i think you need to do too much in terms of getting boys momentum confidence up for a walk up to me follow. me up the messages brain that from now on no more second chances. and we play the cricket we want to play and that was probably the thing from the other not we're a little bit tentative as i'd rather see it go at caution to the wind the way we can apply and if it's not good enough. elsewhere sebastian says this weekend's rally to france will be long and difficult as he needs to finish ahead of citron team hovan and to seal a ninth drive his title lower currently leads the draw of the standings by sixty one points and says he would love to win the title in his home country as he did two years ago however after thursday's first stage of her villainize the edge he was fifth to surround the streets with lower back in seven belgian movil was quick . around the three and

a half kilometer rate the drivers were tackle another seven stages on friday and the weather could play a big. long on. here it's going to be really tricky if it's raining in the city. i would have to be very concentrated trying to do a good job. i know it's possible to do. but. for me the one it's the japan graham previous weekend and it will be the last time michael schumacher races around this is a kid the seven time world champion and i'm saying he has to retire at the end of the season and say he's announced last week that schumacher would be replaced by lewis hamilton next season though there had been speculation the forty three year old german could be he has now said he will finally give up racing to the no one no one is one more championship titles than schumacher who initially retired in two thousand and six but came back to race with miss avies in twenty ten however since

just one. i decided to retire by the end of the year. although i'm still able and capable to compete with the best drivers around but at some point. it's good to say goodbye and that's what i'm doing here with by the end of the season. and it might be even be forever. and i will end with golf because ryan moore has a one stroke lead in the first event of the p.g.a. tour's four series he called the course record of sixty one of the t.p.c. summerlin and last vegas this is the first round of the justin timberlake shriners hospital for children open just behind him is brendan jones. so that's all support for the moment more like three.

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