[000:00:00;00] with a robot must protect its own existence, with admits it, efforts to make peace with moscow last march to buy its military time to rearm and regroup all the west, tries to play russia for the failure to stop the conflict. also this, our we, as africans need to resist, is this impulse of wanting to tie the double standard. the international community is obligated to support the paths african countries have chosen for themselves. russia and south africa held their independent decision making in partnership. i'm

in washington efforts to africans to hop on the western bandwagon against moscow. brazil and argentina agreed to aim to ditch the dollar as the south american nation . i currency road map flaws, interiors president says he will not support sweden's nato bid in response to the sanction burning of the koran out of protest and stockholm, with coming to live from the russian capital. this is our t international. i'm rachel blevins here with the top stories and be our welcome to the program. she had pretended to see peace with moscow. shortly after the conflict began in february, using cease 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 key as negotiators, dennis k rad was executed by ukraine security service and march on suspicion of cooling 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 advisor may help oral act said that k revs 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 reach a draft or agreement with russia pulling back some of its troops. but the deal was never fully implemented as he yet received western weapons and kept fighting. moscow says the us and its allies persuaded ukraine to resist a peace deal. however,

the west claimed it was russia that wasn't actually seeking peace since the 1st months of the conflict is by moscow being the one insisting on cease fire talks with key at 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 needs to be real. they need to be a meaningful. they can't just be a fig leaf, full russian re armament, and for the recruitment of soldiers. back in 2014, in 2015, during the 1st outbreak of conflict in the non bath, germany and france mediated the men's deals signed by moscow in kiev. however, the western leaders who guarantee those agreement recently admitted they weren't actually meant to bring peace as the real goal was to give you crane time to prepare for war with russia. to 2014 minsk agreement was an attempt to give you a 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 minsk agreements to have given the ukrainian army this opportunity. thus the time the prudent thought was an asset for him turned out to be in fact an opportunity for the ukrainians russians were at the place we're waiting for us, the ukrainians announced to come they delayed, then for hours for days, so that the ukrainian part was playing for time, this is nothing you we have this metal thing from a, from, from a chancellor article which she opened. he said that i, with the risk agreement was only 2 by time the medical story was an interview in the german side, but no german news outlet. after that asked questions, put this topic on the, on the roll. nobody did it, and this is the same. um, western use will not come with this. what he said about what playing on time,

and they will still say russia is the one who doesn't want to talk. but what we see right? no, they don't what they don't want to negotiate anything. and we see from the past that misc agreement was only 2 by a time and whatever they proposed to russia end of march last year. anyway, we, we saw whole march that she was ugly groceries that they will always play ah, in other development, south africa, foreign minister has underlined the countries independence and good relations with russia. as the 2 foreign ministers met in pretoria, a plot of course for cooperation beyond western influence, we as africans need to resist. is this impulse of wanting to direct a 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 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. during survey lab, rob's visit both foreign ministers, highlighted key points of cooperation, rushes us. it will help peacekeeping missions in south africa, also teaming up to boost the countries atomic energy grid and other infrastructure . after wrapping up talks in pretoria survey law abroad moved on to neighboring as watch disney where she's due to sit down with officials later on tuesday. this comes as the u. s. pushes its owner janda and africa with washington to send its un ambassador to the continent for talks. this follows a recent visit by the us treasury secretary to zambia and sydney gall,

where she attempted to portray russia as a troubling issue for africa. which is, were in with initiation of food, his 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 african economy. our days 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 were cast on china's new foreign affairs minister who stop by for a 5 country tour. and while he was here, so 2 way, his french and german counterparts 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 i tick awful computers or just to keep the engines going, we have, we have what it takes. and in fact, and these are important dramatic visits because of 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 footed 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 done everything in his power to isolate russia, but in africa,

nothing comes that easy. you can't be true for it wrong. and right now the evidence is showing clue with the evolution of the ward brain on that, right? so africa is clearly no showing signs of choosing site. i mean, meeting with the russian foreign minister. and so 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 for this is a neutral stance. it can evolve into choice partnership for some africa is trying to balance out as much as the partnership between the old west no western nations and in new partners like russia, china treasury, secretary genet. jaelyn arrives in pretoria on tuesday as 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, fell down the experimental green energy powered 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 dylan 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. so africa should expect some backlash.

there's no doubt because when you are loaned that kind of money, 8500000000, zer, lot of cash. and anybody who gives such you or it's not a gift practice or wrong, it comes with conditions in the backlash. mm hm. and into those fine, most of those conditions and certificate is going to have to play very carefully about that. and i think i'm telling you because so as a young man working for the world, beg in your environment and sustainable, good luck on or should i know well the speak so so. so africa is, can you have to be very careful not only again, baxter, but also for having accepted too early and quickly the terms of woodson and africa, everybody's called climate change. secretary ellen 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 elegy transition plan. but she will hardly tell them how fickle those commitments are or what they can do to their lives. caribella sat for tea in pretoria turning the south american now where brazil and argentina are planning to establish a common regional currency to boost bilateral trade and shift away from the u. s. dollar. the move was announced by the brazilian leader after talks in the argentine capital. your way, if it were up to me, we would always trade with other countries and national currencies. so as not to be dependent on the dollar and why not make an attempt to create

a common currency for mercosur countries or bricks countries. i believe that over time we will come to that. i believe this is necessary because many countries face challenges buying dollars. brazil and argentina won't discuss the details of the plan of the upcoming community of latin american and caribbean states summit. there also expected to invite other countries in the region to join the currency block. our g spanish correspondent camelia lozano delgado has more than me with billing. i let me know the lovely menagerie on the 1st meeting between louis in nashville and silva and alberto hernandez was held in an encouraging atmosphere among achievements 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 towards integration on the continent. in addition, the ministers of the 2 countries signed agreements in the field of science in the economy, as well as integration and financial in energy spheres. mitochondria is that

argentina will exchange its gas for electricity from brazil in none of their agreement, signed touches upon corporation and antarctica. finances also mentioned the challenges that both countries face after the stepping down of governments of a completely different kind lose they left behind the trail that is expected to arrest. it strengthened the union of the 2 states that a b. s re meadows, her viola, our 1st task is to console the democracy and state institutions to procure. 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 us here . we will not allow some fascist to come from above to attack the sovereignty of the people as during my printer and the brazilian president, thank his counterpart fernandez who he called his friend for his unconditional support and also apologized none only to his colleagues, but also to the entire people of our gen, tina for the aggressive actions against their country. the 2 please during the rule of bull sanara. well,

it was 3 we intend to restore peaceful relation was 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 in their turn, argentinean entrepreneurs should understand the significance of good bilateral relations with brazil. 30 lam renee, but regarding currency is she is the argentinean economy minister, sir jim asa announced that weren't on establishing a single currency in argentina and brazil will begin this week. i say it is aimed and lifting regional trade and at the same time reducing dependence on the u. s. dollar. this question was also discussed by the presidents. we touched upon possible participation in the initiative of venezuela and the presence of the countries president linda salik summit. moreover, the 2 heads of state discussed the existing sanctions against minnesota. ella, as well as actions that make life easier for the people of this country, but he did not want them. i'm against interfering in the political processes in

venezuela. if the problem can be resolved through dialogue, not sanctions, or threats of occupation. brazil is going to restore diplomatic relations with venezuela. we want venezuela to have an embassy in brazil, and we want brazil to likewise have an embassy in venezuela. were determined to restore civilized relations between the 2 independence states in yellow as you the was a very productive dialogue between the van swelling government and the opposition. the elections were held transparently. all the rules were observed without any further questions arising approval frontier. therefore, we must encourage dialogue among venezuelans. the chief other brazilian oper am monday night news portals as a south america would only benefit from a common currency as it would help build a strong economy without independence on the u ass. the great advantage of dis measure would be the possibility,

the possibility of carrying out all commercial and banking operations without the need for, for the ex sand without resorting to exchange rates in dollars or euro's. another advantage would be the expense show of regional investments through integrated financial institutions without the backing of the dollar or the ero, in the same way that you made the faith in the early seventy's and lincoln dollar is insurance for available. go reserve, south america would partially eliminate the dollar as an anchor off. it's economic activity. in any case, it could be irrelevant. it's that for was in south american into ration in that range is through the zation of the economy and in the weakening of the dollar s. as in money currency. ah,

the turkish presidents as his country will not back sweden's bed to join. ne, now the announcement comes in response to the burning of the koran, outside encore, as embassy in stockholm, during a protest sanctioned 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. a controversial incidental place on saturday when an anti islamic politician publicly burned a copy of the koran. this marked severe backlash from the global muslim community. with the malaysian foreign minister describing the act as blatant as walnut and pakistan, top diplomat, calling it

a harmful gesture for more than 1500000000 muslims, worldwide. hundreds of demonstrators gathering in front of the swedish consulate and symbol to vent their anger. people enter key is largest city were seen burning a picture of the anti immigrant politician who in a recent interview said he had no regrets for his actions. the us has also weighed in suggesting that the koran burning act in stockholm could be a poor to weaken nato. we are also cognizant of the fact that those who may be behind what has taken place in sweden, maybe engaging in an intentional effort to try to weaken unity across the atlantic and within and among our european allies and partners. well, the u. s. priority of everything is to continue and expand this

war and to expand nato. and they are determined to do that any way that they can. and even if it means rolling over people, which they certainly are willing to do. now this is not in the interests of the people of ukraine, just not, no part of this war is ukraine is just a proxy. it's not the interest of the people, sweden who have a long history of opposition to involvement in pores. it's certainly not in the interests of people here in the us. it's not the interests of people in russia, but it is in the interest of the war makers. so they're going right ahead. nato is a us commanded military alliance. and right and how it's role is making war on russia and moving ahead on this in any way that they can

making peace more and more difficult. and it is whole range of that means they will ignore the wishes of peoples and countries. and even past agreements and alliances in order to get their way to do this, it's very dangerous to discuss the latest developmental cross live now to turkish journalists, use of era use it. it's great to have you on the program today. now let's start with the big incident here. what is your reaction to the burning of the koran in stock on which is part such outrage among the worlds muslim community? it has sparked a lot of outreach and not only in gear, but throughout the muslim world. we're seeing statements coming from pakistan militia, saudi arabia, katara, united arab emirates, and many other muslim countries. but to get the turkish president st, telling sweet, not expect any type of support from entre regarding sweden's nato. and as you know,

all 30 members of the transatlantic alliance need to approve it, ratify, sweden's nato a bit in their parliament. it looks like the turkish president has set the tone from is saying that there will be no ratification regarding sweden states. so, without full, the unanimous support of all 30 member states, we will not be able to become a nato member. and this is exactly what the turkey spread that late yesterday. now let's get a little bit more into this situation, right. we have these tensions here. we know that we didn't need strict, he is backing now more than ever, as you noted, if it wants to join nato. so why do you think that struck home police decided to allow the koran burning protest to even take place in the 1st place? well, when we look at sweden's local laws, and this is something i've examined are over the recent days, so with many events that have happened, the burning of the at that she was resembling church. present rich at thy paragon.

allowing protests by a designated terror group. the p, j. k. these are all incidents that inferior rated the turks and were part of the memorandum of understanding sign in june at the nato motor its summit between 2 kit and sweden. these were steps that sweeten was supposed to take. we look at sweden's local laws and under their freedom of expression, understanding the burning of crime is not a hate crime and it's all out. so when the applicant, the saw right wing extremists applied for a protest and the burning of the koran, the sweetest police by law had to allow it and had to approve the application in this type of state approval is actually what really infuriated the turks. now, given where we stand right now and really all that we've come through with these 2 countries and trying to kind of find that common ground with sweden trying to get turkey as approval. is this it, do you think that this is the last chance they had to get that approval for their

nato bid? or do you think that there could be more reconciliation in the future? well, the domestic atmosphere right now surrounding sweden's nato. good after the burning of the koran is very, very toxic. i don't foresee any turkish politician trying to garner support for sweden, because domestic. we would hurt them at this being in the election year. i don't think anyone's going to go to that sweden right now. so i don't know if it's a done deal, if it's up forever closing the book on sweden's nato bid, but not there won't be any type of support for sweden becoming a natal member, at least for the foreseeable future, most likely for the rest of this year. so it looks like it's off to his agenda, ratifying sweden for nato membership, as certainly a lot of stay care and will continue to follow to see where this one goes turkish journalists use of era. thank you so much for your time. and inside

the serbian president, and his latest statement to the nation said that he doesn't rule out the possibility of leaving his post if it's in the best interest of the country. this is my last mandate. anyway, i know what my duty is if there is a need to somehow save the state and when some time i would not hesitate. i live for the country. i am a soldier of my country, and i will act in the interests of the nation. his words follow tensions that have been the highest in years between serbia and kosovo in the end of 2022. yesterday and ethnic sir was injured on a road not far from the close of the capitol by a police raid. as he refused to stop the car when asked and to similar accidents towards ad next, serbs happened earlier. the serbian president has also said that the west has been threatening belgrade was stopping european integration as well as freezing investments and sanctions emitted confrontation with christine and neutrality in

the cranium. conflict. literally, they told us you must have this plan of negotiations with christina. and if you do not accept it entirely, you will firstly face a halt in the european integration process. secondly, estoppel and withdrawal of investments. and thirdly, comprehensive political and economic measures that will cause great damage to the republic of serbia. well, moral as the suggestion was clear, even before his statements about now, things are, let's say, are the blue and the well known. because now we have a recognition that the western powers that be great 5 as the will cause them sharing. let's say more or less ultimate them and serbia saying that they should of 70 agreement. so it does also. otherwise they will do at least 3 things. as stated, 1st of all are further you. integration with survey will be blocked.

second, a foreign investments will stop and 3rd, and the most important instrument got to me will suffer because they didn't say exactly sanctions, economic sanctions. but they said that they have a mechanisms of punishing sort of b r for it. so there's a not, not willingness to cooperate, let's say in that regard, he didn't mentioned the specifics of disagreement. he only said that it was arranged and agreed with you members on 13th on december, and that even though the member countries didn't recognize possible, said that they are okay with the agreement and that they are can go further with the implementation of it. so now we will see what was the specifics of the agreement will be about what she said regarding the service side. there is not much to be joyful about there. not much to be here regarding the statement of the agreement. so best to hear it from the president,

the south and what he said about that topic, bring him to school and concern. there's no longer a rational approach to solving problems. i saw the said, the t 5 meeting, no matter what i said, no matter what facts i provided, no one listen to me. intelligence no longer plays a role. they have their own agenda, which is the defeat of russia. and everyone who gets in their way will be purged, the pressure is everlasting and it hasn't stopped. basically, they said that the, even the barricades were which service would top as their means of self defense. and because their status and their security is being con, that even those americans were seen as a matter of the stabilisation by serbia. and as i said, the pressures are here and the ever present, especially since the beginning of the russian, especially the oppression in that regard. as the situation on the, on the front lines are getting heated up. so is this vision goes through basically have like

a correlation of the 2 topics and the in that regard to do several days on the, on the training front and several and russian successes, we can say we see that the brush on serbia who basically it's, it's like a mirror perspective, by looking at 11 problem, you see the reflections on the other and then the other way around. that's all for now. be here to check out our t v dot com for all the latest breaking news and days. we'll see you right back here at the top of the hour. ah, with