brown admits that it unintentionally shot down a ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday mistaking it for a cruise missile country's president has called the incident and forgivable the state. surrounds foreign minister blames washington's a venture ism for tensions that led to the downing of the us secretary of state is grilled by reporters justification for the killing of iran's top general. the meeting between the german chancellor and putin is well underway in moscow its 1st visit to the russian capital in 5 years.

by their very good evening this is r.t. and. the senior commander of iran's elite military unit the islamic revolutionary guard corps has accepted full responsibility for shooting down a ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday he said the boeing 737 was mistaken for a cruise missile. when i heard why it had been shot down i wish there was i never wanted to witness such a terrible incident. and you also added in their defense system operator had faulty communications that had just 10 seconds to make what was described as a bad decision earlier tehran admitted its military unintentionally hit the jet despite days of denials of any involvement in the downing of iran's chief investigator says the black box data will now be sent to france my colleague jacqueline vega discussed the details with r.t. is donald quarter. we heard from ukraine's president vladimir selenski who said

that he expects he expects iran's take full responsibility and for the investigation to continue without any obstruction earlier today we did hear from iran's president who promised just that and called the event in an forgivable mistake. the armed forces internal investigation has concluded that regrettably missiles fired you see human error coups the horrific crash of the ukrainian plane and the death of 176 innocent people investigations continue to identify and prosecute this great tragedy and unforgivable mistake now iran's president also promised compensation for the families of the victims and the country's supreme leader has called for the for the findings of this investigation to be made public now earlier we also heard from iran's foreign minister who gave highlighted the nother reason for why this crisis took place assad preliminary conclusions of incident investigation biome forces human error at a time of crisis caused by u.s.

aventuras and lead to disaster profound regrets apologies and condolences to all people to the families of victims on 2 of the affected nations give us a bit of background here what exactly is the foreign minister referring to oh well just last week a u.s. airstrike killed a high ranking high ranking could command. soleimani and that brought tensions in the region to a level that we haven't seen in decades this guy was considered a hero to many in iran as he was instrumental for the defeat of isis in syria so the government promised harsh retaliation for his death and that came in the form of several airstrikes against u.s. military bases in iraq that happened just mere hours before this plane went down so at that time the iranian military was intice a painting some sort of possible u.s. response to those strikes which explains why they thought that this airliner could have been an enemy aircraft they said that it was approaching a military installation clearly intentions were very high are there other cases of

countries shooting down planes by mistake yeah unfortunately when tensions are this high like you said accidents are more probable for example during the cold war in 1903 the soviet union mistakenly shot down korean. air flight 007 thinking it was a spy plane the plane went into soviet air space at the time that a u.s. reconnaissance mission was going on as well and in 1908 u.s. navy shot down an iranian airliner killing all 290 passengers because they thought it was in the rainy and fighter jet now at that time then vice president george h.w. bush said he had nothing to apologize for and that he didn't care about the facts regarding the shooting of that plane down iran's admission of guilt has shaken the public mood and some questioning why the government didn't come clean sooner although the knowledge mistakes can be made in the context of the tense situation in the region. unfortunately when i 1st heard about the plane crash it was said to

be a technical issue but the announcement came without any preliminary investigation down around the world but now they've done the necessary investigation it was clarified that the plane was hit by a missile we've been really since this morning when we heard the news and we were all angry that people told this line it was you why didn't you get after our flights should have been cancelled and planes shouldn't have taken off from any air force and that just about all of our country was in a state of war and this mistake could have been made by any country america itself made a similar mistake after a rom hit the u.s. bases we were in total readiness and that's what led to the mistake we had opinion from various experts who joined us during this developing story. in times of war and the so called for go for unfortunately the reasonable rate there are yet able to pierce this fog unless the reason be conflicting mechanism so again

one can talk about blame and responsibility or accountability the blame is iranian but the responsibility lies on other shoulders too so iranian defense systems were on alert and they were expecting attacks by us planes as stated in the armed forces the statement there have been reports that some hostile objects flying objects have been appearing on radar screens in some of some parts around the country so soon as they saw a plane coming to a sensitive i.r.g.c. base they have you know rushed to and jumped to the tank luzhin and fired strategic at has become tactical blunders distracted g. off by that regularly being ordered closing down the a.s.p.'s under extreme

circumstances could have avoided this whole. magical whenever we have valid dives in that you'll be in we had bound to have mentioned raised guns cog coolidge's ready to fight the it will be said that you wish me to be have to be the case and the big picture to how to do use this and that you on how to be escalated this i believe did on ian's have taken the 1st step by the initiation process of this horrible accident in which 176 people were lost was done by the american to have the video and say yes that is true. but the heightened tensions between the u.s. and around activists in london are holding an antiwar rally at the moment it was organized by. stop the war coalition campaign the nuclear disarmament on the streets is not denouncing little tom's recent military actions in the middle east and to rule the most through the streets of london converging on to follow this

slogan seen on placards a note. from a no to war on the early don't miss what address by the late vaunted leader jeremy corbin arrival demonstration in support of term sanctions is being held by. 2 states has had a hard time defending washington's decision to assassinate a runs top general during a news conference my poem post struggle to explain what the imminent threat was allegedly posed by gen so the money is the state department chief was grilled by journalists in the morgan has details. things got quite easy at the press conference where we saw mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of state speaking alongside stephen the new shin the secretary of treasury and this comes just a week after the killing of iran's top general qassam solomonic and as the press asked questions got particularly tense mike pompei o seemed a little bit uncomfortable trying to answer the questions of journalists who just

don't seem to buy his claim that the killing of solomonic was necessary to protect american lives let's take a listen to some of what went on if you have specific information about the threat and didn't have anything to do with our embassies. we had specific emanation information on an imminent threat and those threat stream included attacks on the u.s. embassies what is your definition of it in that. this was going to happen in american lives were at risk the intelligence community is not flawless we we get it wrong in this case the intelligence community got it fundamentally right there was an imminent attack it was active plotting is that right now gone with sort of monaco threats are never going now it wasn't just. journalists who don't exactly buy pompei as claims but american lawmakers also have their doubts we just saw in the u.s. house of representatives the lower house of the u.s.

legislative branch a resolution was passed attempting to restrict the activities of the trumpet ministration and trying to prevent them from further escalating tensions with the islamic republic of iran however these doubts about whether it was the right thing in order to kill qassam solomonic go well beyond legislators and journalists they actually go to the us public itself we have new poll results that have been conducted and it shows that basically 2 thirds of the u.s. public believes at this point that the country is less safe because of trump's decision to kill the top iranian general furthermore 69 percent of the u.s. public believes that iran is more likely to attack the usa as a result of trump's decisions 52 percent describe trump killings qassam solomonic as reckless so a pretty solid opposition to trump's killing of qassam solomonic among american people themselves while at the press conference mike peo and steve minutia laid out

basically what these new sanctions will include the new sanctions are targeting high level officials in iran basically preventing any business transactions with them but when explaining these new sanctions a mike bomb peo used some rather interesting language to lay out what he argued was the ultimate end game of the united states when it comes to iran the president said we don't want war we want iran to be hit with a noble mission the reason that the secretary treasurer this morning is to continue this campaign our strategic effort to get to run to behave in a way that doesn't continue their 40 year long effort to terrorize the world if you hear those words he refers to saying that he wants iran to be a quote normal country so essentially it seems the united states is asking threats and carrying out more sanctions with the goal of forcing the islamic. public to conduct itself in a manner that the united states considers to be normal not exactly clear what that means but until that happens there will be further activities and sanctions and

threats and what not now many are hoping that the current situation is in a state of deescalation but at the same time people worry about what could happen next you know the sanctions still remain iran still has the capabilities we saw the recent strikes that took place so a lot of nervousness in the global community at the moment you know i think air is still on sanctions at this point but i will get around to that again despite the fact that we dodged a bullet about going to war with iran or the last few days we're still in the same set piece positions where we were before and all these guys around the president can think of it how do we turn the screws more more of maximum pressure more and more into and this is the next thing they could do a lot of this list remember is aimed at the europeans i think a lot of this is toward pressuring the europeans to side with the americans in this will pressure campaign. meanwhile there's growing concern among iraqis that the country is becoming a battleground between the u.s.

and iran thousands of people flooded the streets of baghdad on friday calling for an end to the presence of all foreign military in the country but. demonstrators there waving iraqi flags chanted no to america no to or run while iraq's caretaker prime minister demanded the u.s. make preparations to pull all its troops out washington's made it clear it's not intending to leave but will rather stay for goods because the of ripples. most of us are familiar with the situation you invite someone over to stay a while say a friend they stay and stay and stay you drop a hint you know it's getting late kind of tired but they just don't get it america is a force for good in the middle east any delegation sent to iraq would be dedicated to discussing how to best recommit to our strategic partnership not to discuss

troop withdrawal what complicates things is that your unwelcome guest is heavily armed and has a tendency to how do you put this kill your other guests you can't make this up americans kill an arabian general in iraq iran then shoots back a bunch of ballistic missiles in revenge out of iraq i mean these poor rocky guys they've done nothing and everyone's bombing them so you can understand if they're a little sick of it all and point to the door we want to restart the civil war again among the shia we don't want this to happen we are not a battlefield between the usa and iran so whoever wants to heed the usa should do that outside of this country. all of these troops must leave because they have turned iraq into a battlefield it's a star. the americans are saying no we don't care that you voted for us to leave we

won't and just in case that wasn't enough of a slap in the face actually going to call more of their friends over iraq nato right and then you have any middle east you know they told me i said what a beautiful name nato personnel in the region to know you're supposed to us to be honest with you because this is an international problem today and need to delegation is at the state department to discuss increasing netas role in the iraq situation is absurd it makes a joke a mockery of international law and simple decency and as does anything absurd has the into that buzzing america is a force for good in the middle east a new start a civil war to prove you need our protection. given military forces the against the . ok apologize for interrupting the poor but german chancellor angela merkel's been

holding talks with the emir putin here in the russian capital the 1st time merkel's been a moscow for 5 years and they're just beginning their press conference let's listen and we have your results to give dogs you useful dogs. were really key issues which have to do you are going about that show you choose in economy politics and humanitarian area as well we also discussed global issues with russia to build relationships with germany on the principles of respect. benefit backs which others interest germany is one of our key trade partners when it comes to trade it's our 2nd biggest part right after china. but last year the trade amounted to $43000000000.00 the germans with investments in the russian economy equal at $20000000000.00 well our investments in the economy are chimneys $9000000000.00 we have

a number of major projects but we work on together in the field of and we should we do respect the responsible position of germany's authorities when it comes to the well known to origin of north korea new to me also. by the transit of gas through the territory of ukraine. were noted be arrangements that we should do 30. december between gazprom and its ukrainian colleagues are an important step forward and it was agreed that the transit will be continued for another 5 years these arrangements or beneficial for both russia and ukraine they're well balanced and thought through the also the midi interests of european countries that receive gas from russia. as for international relations we 1st and foremost discuss the ocean in libya where fortunately we see large scale military

operations a terrorist activities are on the rise and the social life is degrading through all that are to mind security and stability in the middle east it also spills over to europe. what i mean is illegal migration of trafficking. the liberation of weapons and drugs it's high time we put in then to the. till it is between the national conciliation government and the of to us forces it's time to make the necessary measures to find a timely end to these. to overcome the division inside the country and to form a unified state institutions i mean. it is earlier on and i adopted a joint statement to this and calling upon the working parties to stop the hostilities starting from. 12 am.

to morrow and i briefed my honorable counterparts on the outcomes of my talks in estimable this time letitia that is coming from germany to hold a conference in 1000000000 on libya but to make it successful we need to bring to the table all the stakeholders. it is also important to remember that these meetings outcome should be coordinated with the sides inside libya and we believe that the special u.n. . envoy mrs salami will be of tremendous help on that way and we also discussed the situation in syria. but i breezed my counterpart on the outcomes of my recent visit to damascus and the talks that i had with president. you i can surely tell you the situation is

becoming more and more stable and serious coming back to normal life the statehood is being restored russia and germany both believe that the conflict in syria can be finally sold but that can be done only through political means according to the resolution $2254.00 of the un security council. the syrian people have the opportunity to do side on the their own what kind of future they want to have for their country that's the very approach that lies in the foundation of the constitutional committee this committee has already. had 2 meetings and the constitutional commission now will be working on formulating the framework of the constitution russia together with turkey and iran will continue to work as per the asked and therefore much facilitating the work of this committee that we also

discussed the affleck to mr ration of syria committee area new shoes on the safe return of refugees to their homes we need to unite the efforts of all responsible stakeholders to help the syrians. syrian state authorities to restore infrastructure water and energy supply infrastructure hospitals and schools. that were new. and all that help should be coordinated with the legitimate authorities and should be extended to every territory of syria without any preconditions and without any politicizing involved. and. certainly we also discussed the each she we. use in the words and which is also important. book and that is the issue of the joint comprehensive plan of action.

they need deal with iran after the united states refused to abide by the agreement iran announced the suspension of its voluntary obligations as per the agreement and i would like to add discord that these obligations were voluntary embraced by iran but iran is ready to come back to full compliance with the show income has a plan of action russia and germany resolutely believe that we need to come back to the deal and we hope that you were would deliver on its obligations to create an independent macas which would be free of the dollar influence to settle the accounts with iran. instax. i hope it will be up and running eventually we discussed in detail the settlement of the crisis in ukraine we believe that there is no alternative to the means go courts when it comes to settle in the situation in the. eastern part of ukraine the tasks

outlined among them are at the meetings that we have a spot of the nominee for what must be implemented we do hope that ukraine will start implementing subrogation so on political settlement extending the special status law that is a good step in the right direction but that law must. be not temporary but perma moment we need to. samandar special status of the dawn bus and that is part of the minsk agreement and we understand that the political process in ukraine is difficult in congress some but if all stakeholders who want to achieve the settlement then we must follow that path all the way through and then conclusion i would like to highlight that during these storks we discuss constructively and substantively a great number of issues which have to deal with our bilateral relations and world

stability and security in the middle east and the whole world i'd like to deeply think my counterpart chancellor merkel for very productive work today thank you. you know. why i got 2 thing for the invitation here in moscow and the chance to have a very important conversation and dogs both on the bilateral agenda and on international matters that's true we can claim that despite certain difficulties for example. sanctions. because of the ukrainian issues so we called parade in science among universities and colleges so we've got a very intensive collaboration between the russian germany germany and nations of our account trees citizens have for a country's that they stay in close contact with the shah in which a very constructive we talked about the north stream project as well.

because of the new european legislation has become legitimized and we need to finish it and good news that we have achieved a good agreement regarding the next 5 years regarding the gas transit by ukraine. and then we have also monitoring the situation around the stream. launch and germany. and other european countries are going to benefit from the. north stream so north stream one is functioning north room 2 is not operational yet and everyone is interested in diversifying their gas supply and there are going to continue working in this direction and this project is really of very importance we have also discussed the matter of international conflicts. firstly i wanted to talk

about libya i thing between the turkish president our de wine and russian president vladimir putin they had a productive meeting and his tent pole. and. the work is being done to achieve a cease fire agreement that could be a part of the approaches among 5 countries that can federal decision say in the security council of the u.n. and there is a certain document that was developed at the highest level with the other conferees in the we can now in the vide. of participants to join the. u.n. meeting this. is the yard the main responsibles for these pros has. and . eventually believe been part is and stakeholders they must have the right to have a sovereign country were not going to intrude to interfere with their its sovereign

it is so now the party of so this conflict in libya. mr rajan mystery how after the are going to be involved in the this is in making proses at these meetings and hopefully the offer is all the russian side and of the turkish side are. going to be a successful and soon we are going to invite participants to the cause. france and berlin the we have also discussed the situation in syria. as for the conversation between president the one and president putin the important results were achieved during that meeting and that's a good thing but last night there was an agreement regarding 2 humanitarian. convoys and they had layups so because the need there is. quite substantial among people and it was a good thing that the ceasefire agreement was discussed also regarding that they

are because there is no military solution for syria the only solution they are use in negotiations stand that what we are putting our alford's on. so we are advocating to have one more korea door for humanitarian aid and there is a readiness for further negotiations and secondly we want to promote the approaches that was started by the special envoy of the un paterson and we need to find a political solution so old that we could create the conditions for the peaceful existence coexistence in syria so that people could go back to their homes since your unfortunately there are a lot of people a lot of syrians who are in turkey believe in turkey now in therapy has taken a huge responsibility and the result of the constitutional pro to support it we are going to continue to cooperate cooperate with the turkey russian friends we have

disguised the obviously of the situation in iran. and we share that pain and that everything must be done to keep the chase c.p.o. away go away and in germany. is. sure that iran shouldn't have nuclear weapons dats why we are using all diplomatic tools. to how this agreement of course it's not perfect but still it is an agreement and it. has the earth's ability is for all the parties in the vault only one to keep and this agreement. is in this context i would like to also mention the 176 people dying innocent people dying when the plane was down the iran has announced today that it was a big faddle mistake. and.

those who did as there are found and they are going to be responsible for the bad and we need to find a solution a resolution in the we can train is whose nation has died in this crash and we need to discuss the consequences an implication of such a tragedy that still needs to be investigated that it was truly. tragic event. and as for iraq we're going to put all our efforts to fight terrorism. and to downgrade the tension in the region as far as it's possible we have also discussed the normandy forum in normandy and kerry's side would say at least partially it was successful the meeting that we had we didn't manage to result although each is but by the end of the here we exchange the detainees the hostages and now we are trying to implement the cease fire regime and these are good things and we're going to continue working as.