a company is to provide you with those with a big effort to make people loft out last march to buy it's military time to re arm and regroup. while the west tries to blame russia for the failure to stop the conflict. also this our with impulse of wanting to double standard the international community is obligated to support the past african countries have chosen for themselves. russia and south africa held their independent decision making and partnership washington's efforts to route africans to hop on the western bandwagon against moscow with

brazil. and argentina agreed to aim to dish that dollar out of the south american nation. i a common courtesy road map plus the target president says he will not support sweden and finland, nato bid in response to the sanction burning. because on out of pro tough install with selling to live in the russian capital. this is our t international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program tia for tended to seek peace with moscow. shortly after the conflict began in february, using the fire talks as a ruse to buy time to regroup its troops and wait for western weapons. that's according to the chief of ukraine's main intelligence directorate. as he explained

how one of the keys negotiators, dennis k rep was executed by ukraine security service in march on suspicion of colluding with russia. the main task we set for mr. cray as was to delay the process in order to buy time since he personally knew to people in the negotiation process, who represented the russian side, ukrainian presidential adviser may how pollock also said that k rebs death was due to a lack of coordination between ukrainian security agencies, russia and ukraine sat down for peace talks and late february, just days after the special military operation was launched, both sides even reached a draft agreement with russia pulling back some of its troops. but the deal was never fully implemented as key at received western weapons and kept fighting moscow . so the u. s. and its allies persuaded ukraine to resist a t steel performance. however, the west claimed it was russia that wasn't actually seeking peace since the 1st

months of the conflict. this might moscow being the one insisting on cease fire talks with kiya. i am extremely concerned how russia has been acting at the negotiating table. actually, i don't trust what russia is doing at all. any negotiations need to be real. they need to be meaningful. they can't just be a fig leaf, full russian re armament, and for the recruitment of, of soldiers. back in 2014 in 2015 during the 1st outbreak of conflict and learn bass, germany and france mediated the men's deals signed by moscow and ki out. however, the western leaders who guarantee those agreements recently admitted they weren't actually meant to bring peace, as the real goal was to give new crane time to prepare for war with russia. to 2014 minsk agreement was an attempt to give you crane time ukraine use this time to become stronger as you can see today,

the ukraine of 20142015 is not the ukraine of today. since 2014 ukraine has strengthened its military posture. it is the merit of the minster agreements to have given the ukranian army this opportunity. thus the time the pudding thought was an asset for him turned out to be in fact an opportunity for the ukrainians russians were at the place were waiting for the ukrainians and to come. they delayed for hours for days so that the ukrainian part was playing for time. but this is nothing you we have to think from from, from a junk lab marker which she opened. he said, that means that means agreement was only 2 by time the metal story wasn't interview in the german site, but not german news outlet. after that, ask questions, put this topic on the, on the ro, nobody did it, and this is the same western use will not cover. this is what he said about what playing on time. and they will still say, hey,

russia is the one who doesn't want to talk, but what we see right now, they don't, they don't want to negotiate anything. and we see from the past that music agreement was only 2 by time and whatever they proposed to russia end of march last year. anyway, we, we saw the whole march that you and all the legal issues that they were always playing. and coming up later this, our ukraine security service probe, the country's defense ministry for corruption, was reportedly the worst scandals, bro, ukraine's arms services since the outbreak of last year's complet, all the details and just a few minutes. in other developments, south africa, foreign minister has underlined the countries independence and good relations with russia. as the 2 foreign ministers met in pretoria to plot a course for cooperation beyond western influence, we as africans need to resist,

is this impulse of wanting to direct the double standard form of international conduct toward us that what i do is okay for me, but you cannot do it because you are developing country, or you are africa. that is an abuse of international practice. unless you do, you live in your school, africa itself must determine the ways to solve problems on their continent. we share a partnership for accelerated growth and wish south africa speedy development. the international community is obligated to support the paths african countries have chosen for themselves. this comes as the u, as pushes its own agenda in africa with washington to send it's un ambassador to the continent for talks. this follows a recent visit i, the us treasury secretary to zambia and synagogue, where she attempted to portray russia as a troubling issue for africa. which is war in weapon ization of food

is exacerbated food insecurity and caused untold suffering. and the global economic head winds caused by the actions of a single man president who is creating an unnecessary drag on africa's economy. ortiz africa. corresponding corolla delves into the details of the international scramble for the continent. africa has become the must fly to destination point for diplomats of global powers. last week, all eyes would cost on china's new foreign affairs minister who stop by for a 5 country tour. and while he was here, so to where his french and german counterpart who made a visit to ethiopia, and this week kicked off with russian foreign affairs minister, sergey lover of who stopped by in south africa as the 1st of his grand african tore

. and the treasury secretary of the united states jenna dylan is also on the continent at the same time. and the u. s. ambassador to the united nations is also fair to be on her way next week. so what's made africa? the global frenzy for diplomatic meetings in recent times is because africa remains attractive for those who want to manufacture the equipment that is important in the global economy. whether it's the natural resources that you need for cellphones or for high tech or for computers, or just to keep the engines going, we have, we have what it takes. and in fact, and these are important of dramatic visits because with economy reasons, the united states has made no secret that it is desperate to woo african countries . washington host that the u. s. africa summit in december with rumors rumbling

that president biden himself may be accompanied by his vice president cumberland harris. later on this year as the final christian due to they are quite shipped with africa. but washington's message will face stiff competition. yet, considering that prison, she and president putin will also be in south africa in august for the brig summit . washington is well aware of the self created chasm with the continent. and it's been that way since last march vote in the united nations general assembly. when majority of african countries refused to condemn russia over the ukraine conflict, and for month, the west has been everything in his power to isolate russia, but in africa, nothing comes there easy. you can't be true for wrong. and right now, the evidence is showing clearly with the evolution of the war frame on that right.

so africa is clearly know showing signs of choosing site. i mean, meeting with the russian foreign minister and south africa as one country now. so, so sending a signal to the rest of the countries that my goodness, we have to be able to, to take a stand will know if the standard cruise is a neutral stead. it can evolve into choice. partnership with africa is trying to balance out as much as the partnership between the old west no western nations and new partners like russia, china treasury secretary, janet jaelyn, arrives in pretoria on tuesday. a. she will be welcomed by south africa, humming sound of generators. yes. south africa, the continent most industrialized economy is grappling with severe power cuts. and unlike jaelyn, they, i hate to stay south africa,

has been thin down the experimental green energy path by the united states and is european friends, south africa, a country with abundance of quality. coal that has eager buyers in europe is going to become the green energy. guinea peak. and jimmy gillan will be here to put pressure on her south african apart. minister go don't wanna to transition and quicken the pace. they're off, also demanding deadlines from god on one as to when the country intends to set down more of its core, fired power stations. africa should expect some backlash is more. yeah. because when you are loaned that kind of money, 8500000000, zer, lot of cash, and anybody gives that to you, or it's not a gift practice around

a casual conditions in the backlash. mm hm. and into those fine french just like most of those conditions and certificate is going to have to play very carefully about that. and i think i'm telling you, because as a young man working for the world, beg in your environment at sustainable development, or should i know well the speak so. so, so africa is going to have to be very careful not only appearing baxter, but also for having accepted too early and quickly the turns of woods and africa, everybody's whole climate change. secretary yellen will travel to the ford motor company assembly just outside pretoria. a pleased us create that much needed jobs in an economy that's far too used to economic growth without jobs, but on friday, jaelyn last, they here in south africa. she will travel to him from molina, the headland of south africa's coal belts. it is there where she will need men and

women who have built their livelihoods on coal. and she will tell them about the commitments made in the just energy transition plan. but she will hardly tell them how fickle those commitments are or what they can do to their lives. caribella sat 40 and pretoria ah, turning to south america now where brazil and argentina are planning to establish a common regional currency to boost bilateral trade and move away from the u. s. dollar. the move was announced by the leaders of the 2 countries after they met in buenos aires, brazil and argentina will discuss the details of the plan. i'd be upcoming community of latin american in caribbean state summit. they're also expected to invite other countries in the region to join the currency block or to spanish correspondent give me a lazar know delgado has more move on. i let me know. the leveling went out,

the 1st meeting between louis to national and cinema and alberto hernandez was held in an encouraging atmosphere and my ph. humans in the field of diplomatic relations . the brotherhood of the 2 nations was one topic, touched upon in particular, as well as the countries desire to become economic leaders again and moved always integration of the continent. in addition to ministers of the 2 countries signed agreements in the field of science and the economy as well as integration in financial in energy spheres. and daisy it is that argentina will exchange at gas for electricity from brazil. and none of their agreements signed touches upon corporation and antarctica. fernandez also mentioned the challenges that both countries face after the stepping down of governments of a completely different kind. they left behind a trail that is expected to arrested strength union of the 2 states. but let's listen to him as we meadows have he oh, our 1st task is to console the democracy and state institutions bucket. you dear friend, i want you to know that argentina will always be with you and we will not allow

some crazy man to attack the democracy and state institutions of brazil get out here who will not allow some fascist to come from a boat to attack the sovereignty of the people as dorner can turn, the brazilian president, thank his counterpart, fernandez. he called his friend for his loan conditional support and also apologized not only to his colleagues, but also to the entire people of urgency, the aggressive actions against their country, the, to please during the role of both in our own. here's what he said. level 3, we intend to restore peaceful relation aimed at growth in order to restart bilateral ties between our states. our interpreters understand this idea and they should also realize how significant argentina is for us and their turn argentinean . their interpreters should understand the significance of good bilateral relations with brazil. so when they up regarding currency issues, no urgent genius economy minister, sergio masa announced that we're going to stablish a single currency in argentina and brazil will begin this. it is in the list and

regional trade in the same time of reducing dependence on the u. s. dollar. this question was also discussed by the president who touched upon possible participation in the initiative of venezuela and the president of the country's president. i'm selling summit, my mom the to have the see just because the existing sanctions against him and as well as actions that make life easier for the people of this country. folk. i'm against interfering in the political processes and venezuela. the problem can be resolved through dialogue, not sanctions, or the threats of occupation. brazil is going to restore diplomatic relations with venezuela. we want to minutes. well, i have an embassy in brazil, and we want brazil to likewise have an embassy inventory, wayland. we are determined to restore civilized relations between the 2 independence states is yellow actually was a very productive dialogue between the venezuelan government and the opposition. the elections were held transparently done with all the rules were absorbed without

any further questions arising reputable frontier. therefore, we must encourage dialogue among venezuelans, denay mendez just a few hours. the 7 salik summit will be held in vienna cyrus, yet it will contribute to the development and unification of all countries of the latin american region and the caribbean basin. the chief editor of brazilian opera monday night news for it all. it says that south america would only benefit from a common currency as they would help build a strong economy with our dependence on the u. s. the great advantage of this measure would be the possibility, the possibility of carrying out all commercial and banking operations without the need for, for the ex and without resorting to exchange rates in dollars or euro's. another advantage would be the expand show of regional investments through

integrated finance. so institutions without the backing of the dollar or the iraq in the same way that you made the faith in the early seventy's and lincoln dollar insurance from available gold reserve, south america would partially eliminate the dollar as an anchor off it economic activity. in any case, it could be irrelevant. it's that for was in south american into ration in that range, stylization of the economy and in the weakening of the dollar s. as in money currency. ah, the turkish president says his country will not back sweden's bed. you join nato. the announcement comes in response to the burning of the koran, outside encore as a messy and stockholm during a protest sanction by local police. those who turn a blind eye to this outrage have undoubtedly calculated the consequences. it is

clear that those who allow such blasphemy should not expect any support from us regarding nato, when someone dishonors us, when someone commits injustice, we let him know his place. if you are so respectful of rights and freedoms, you will respect the religious beliefs of muslims if you will not. i'm sorry, you will not receive support from us during the nato membership process. the controversial incident took place on saturday when an anti islamic politician publicly burned a copy of the koran. this worked as severe backlash from the global muslim community with the malaysian foreign minister describing the act as blatant cobia and pakistan's talk diplomat, calling it harmful gesture for more than 1500000000 muslims worldwide in response to the burning of the koran. hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the swedish consulate and symbol to express their anger. people in turkey as largest

city were seeing burning a picture of the anti immigrant politician who, in a recent interview said he had no regrets for his action. meanwhile, another similar incident occurred on sunday this time in the dutch city of den haag where the leader of the anti islamic group could do that for a copy of the koran. the act which took place in front of the house of representatives had been announced in advance on social media. the activists who had previously held through similar demonstrations and had been detained by authorities, was not arrested. this time a prominent indian and muslim scholar told us that personal discontent over any religion should not be a basis for such provocative action. the burning mcclain easily just show you some things which is absolutely unacceptable which is in human. it is something which is really sort of burning. well,

i mean scripture is not the solution. and i believe the one the 1st i'm like when you find the only one he might have actually been unhappy with some bad. i mean, does of islam some policies ok now which is really common which is happening everywhere and maybe with some muslim g. well that person, the one the one might be displeased, but this is not for me. i think of, you know, discussion is the best real. so i also condemned. well, you know, anyone who isabel, meaning person who actually has a voice of reason and sanity will be critical of the burden and offer this a copy of the whole, you know. meanwhile ukraine security service has launched an investigation and corruption within the country's defense ministry and local media

call the worst scandal to engulf the armed forces since the outbreak of the crime conflict. now the defense ministry is reportedly accused of buying over price food for ukrainian soldiers. having signed a deal at prices $2.00 to $3.00 times higher than current rates. for instance, eggs which sell for around 19 us cents were bought for $46.00. instead, the deal signed last month is estimated to be worth some $30000000.00. ukraine's defense minister denied the allegations, but announced the ministry would launch an internal audit. r t is caleb martin, has more. this comes on the heels of yet another scandal. now it's now being reported that the national anti corruption bureau as just arrested, the minister of infrastructure in ukraine. and it is reported that he may have received a $400000.00 bry in order to secure contracts for machinery and

equipment. so this is what the ukranian president recently sat on the issue of corruption. yeah. what you, i want this to be clear. there will be no return to what used to be in the past to the way various people close to state institutions or those who spent their entire lives chasing a chair used to live. i think law enforcement officers who protect the law, the interests of the state, and ensure justice. now his comments about what's going on in the past are quite interesting. when you look over the pandora papers, it's become obvious that zalinski got filthy rich as a result of these corrupt practices. but now as zalinski is making these comments and as a big conference is being held in, denouncing the issue of corruption, it's important to understand the context. there is rising discontent in the united states. u. s. public is not thrilled about the fact that their tax dollars are being spent by the billions and what appears to be a very,

very corrupt country. here's some of what we've heard from us. officials regarding the billions and billions of dollars being handed here by washington. that's one of the things that i really was focused upon. in fact, i raised it was present zelinski himself. i said look, if you have a scandal, if you miss of mr. misuse these, these resources, it's gonna, it's gonna include the support in the u. s. and he got that, and then we had a later meeting with a lot of their defense officials and, and government officials. they're doing detailed software, they're keeping track of every spare part that comes into the country. were sending over an inspector general from the pentagon this month, so i came away very impressed by the level of accountability. now some of the very same officials that were in that room are reassuring this figure from the united states. so there was no wasting of us taxpayer money are now under arrest and it

appears they were doing was just that there is quite a bit of legit concern among the u. s. public about the fact that billions and billions of dollars are being given to a country that is notoriously corrupt. and one looks at the recent statement by zalinski and you know, convening of ukrainian officials to make statements and found the podium against corruption. you could almost look at that as an attempt to reinvent grains image because the need to surface people realize there is a very big problem and that lots and lots of money is being ord, india by washington, with very little accountability. the question now is how long will the american public continue to tolerate this? india is aiming design a free trade agreement with the u. k. later this year, however, the deal is not expected to allow indians to freely travel to britain. economic relations between the 2 countries are on the rise with their total trade turnover,

reaching more than $29000000000.00 pounds last year, which is 33 percent higher than the previous year. the u. k. 's exports to india in 2022 amounted to more than 12000000 pounds, while india's exports to britain reach more than 17000000000. however, there are some serious obstacles in the upcoming deal says is not expected to involve free movement of indians to the u. k, which was something wanted it had agreed on earlier. in a similar deal with australia, we have to make sure that each trade agreement was saying it's tailored to the specific country, the kinds of mobility, or if i can do to a country like australia is not going to be the same kind of ability offer. i can do with a country like india, which has good many times the population to go further end up on this one, cross live now to new delhi based foreign affairs observer such under at ron john, thank you so much for joining me on the show today. now,

how would you assess india's upcoming free trade agreement with the u. k. just how beneficial could it be for both countries and who stands to gain the most year? the what is now obvious that we're going to have very different actually contradictory expectations of on this eg deployed agreement. if the, if the, if the it india once more will be related to facilitate. so it's going to work curves in the long india. so you can go to britain in large, in the larger number, then they go and i know the return had their own expect. it wants that it, it wants to more, it's the sort of this would be allowed to reach in the indian why. but did, as the minister had said that the day they,

britain, brigitte, brigitte, was one of the region that was not ready to allow the flow off of some india, one free flaw person. so in my opinion, this if the point, if it is not going to be completed in the near future, because if dividend is not going to allow more number of people to on india than india has nothing to gain. that if you, if you want the saw that you called me you're going and in the are not complicated . this is still in, in the course of imperialistic imperialistic system in india, at the very funny of the system. so indian government would have to reassess the whole thing and they may have to come to conclusion that india is entrenched,

live it emerging country, that new emerging water that is taking save off of the wind was as we are seeing that all over the world, new given the unions are being formed and new off reg, commerce, we listened hip taking shape. so this include in this episode, had the message that if the extra thing, if the a long quote unquote developed countries is not realistic of some, for a country like and now beyond the free movement of people and kind of that disagreement there. what do you make of london's real intentions here and that they are trying to increase ties with india? where do you think that stems from know that there we call mommy job in deep graces

and you l. the whole water know that the thing since day in boy, you don't have a thought at all. thanks and have had backfired and all wish them economy, including on that you later destroyed, you know, did you better step then you will be on union and, and the united kingdom. but it still you with is also 50 from is would let alone the you with, but written notice economy in, in fact us in us. so there are looking for new markets for light, their right to being for if you see and employed there in dire and date date, they implemented the big and now you're still be persons they are facing it's repercussions. so they are looking for.